a course module on southeast asia in comparative politics gang guo, ph.d. croft associate professor...
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A Course Module on Southeast Asia in Comparative Politics
Gang Guo, Ph.D.Croft Associate Professor
Political Science & Int'l StudiesThe University of Mississippi
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Teaching and Learning SEA
• The social and political volatility, dynamic, and diversity of the region present not only a daunting challenge for teaching but also a valuable opportunity for learning.
• As the world seems to be on an irreversible course toward increasing plurality, mixture, and interdependence, Southeast Asia in many ways resembles a microcosm of the world to be.
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Teaching and Learning SEA
• We need a more flexible and complex perspective to study comparative politics– Conventional framework of demarcated
boundaries of nation-states.– Conventional framework of a linear path of
development toward developed countries.– Conventional framework of a dichotomous
categorization of democracies versus autocracies.
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Two Possible Approaches
• Country by country
• Thematic: four common challenges all states face historically or currently
1. building a nation-state
2. defining the role of religion
3. establishing democracy and rule of law
4. fostering economic development and fairness
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Struggle for independence
• Japanese occupation (1941-1945)
• Colonial powers return (1945-early 1950s)
• Charismatic political leaders in the struggle for independence– Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh– Indonesia: Sukarno– Singapore: Lee Kuan Yew– Burma: Aung San
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Their legacies
• Leaders of the independence movements
• Negotiations with colonial powers
• Charisma and popularity among public
• Long periods of authoritarian rule
• Today their political successors still play important roles in respective countries
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Second-generation leaders
• After initial state & nation building, the 2nd generation leaders gained power through institutional and/or democratic means
• Long periods of authoritarian rule
• Long periods of economic growth– Philippines: Marcos (1965 - 1986)– Indonesia: Suharto (1968 - 1998)– Malaysia: Mahathir (1981 - 2003)
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Corruption Perceptions Index
• 2010 ranking from most clean to most corrupt
• 1. Singapore (9.3)• 38. Brunei (5.5)• 56. Malaysia (4.4)• 78. Thailand (3.5)• 110. Indonesia (2.8)
• 116. Vietnam (2.7)• 127. Timor-Leste
(2.5)• 134. Philippines (2.4)• 154. Cambodia (2.1)• 154. Laos (2.1)• 176. Myanmar (1.4)
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Income Inequality