Resisting Dictatorship: Repression and Protest in Southeast Asia - Hardcover

Boudreau, Vincent

 
9780521839891: Resisting Dictatorship: Repression and Protest in Southeast Asia
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0521839890 ISBN 13: 9780521839891
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2004

Synopsis

Vincent Boudreau's book compares state repression in three post-war dictatorships under Burma's Ne Win, Indonesia's Suharto and the Philippines' Ferdinand Marcos. In each case the dictator faced distinct social challenges and responded with specifically tailored repressive strategies. These strategies shaped the resources, social bases and opposition cultures available to dissidents and in turn influenced the effectiveness of that opposition. The author balances his first-hand research in the countries in question with the social movements literature to consider the long-term interactions between the regimes and their societies in the wake of repression, and the emergence of the democracy movements which followed. This is a thought-provoking book, which offers a truly comparative study on dictatorship, resistance and democracy in South East Asia. As such, it will be invaluable to students, as well as to those involved in policy making and commentating on the region.

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About the Author

Vince Boudreau is Associate Professor of Political Science at City College of New York. His publications include Grassroots and Cadre in the Protest Movement (2001).

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521839890
ISBN 13 
9780521839891
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
308

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