Assignments for Politics of Southeast Asia 60%

Semester Sem II 2012/2013 (A122)

– Group Paper , presentation and class participation: 30%– Individual assignment 30%

Assignment Questions (students are to choose among these topics for individual assignment:

1. What were the influences of China and India on Southeast Asia cultures?

2. What were the influences of Islam on Southeast Asia cultures?

3. Who were pro-Thaksin supporters and why did they make demonstration during the last 10 years in Thailand?

4. What party won the last general election in Thailand and elaborate why it won.

5. What are the roles of military in Thai political crisis since 2000?

6. How did opposition party perform in the last Singapore’s election in 2011?

7. How does Singapore’s government limit opposition?

8. Why is Singapore relatively free from corruption?

9. What are the roles of civil society groups to overcome corruption in Indonesia recently?

10. Analyze the roles of President in current democratic system in Indonesia?

11. Elaborates types of political system ever implemented in Indonesia.

12. Why does the political system in Indonesia keep changing?

13. What are the roles of people power in the Philippines?

14. Explain the influences of patronage system in the Philippines's politics.

15. What is the current condition of the Philippines politics after Benigno Aquino III was elected as President?

16. Elaborate why Benigno Aquino III won the last Presidential Election in the Philippines.

17. Why was Du Moi programs introduced in Vietnam?

18. What are the political and economic impacts of Du Moi in Vietnam?

19. What are the current roles of VCP on Vietnamese’s politics?

20. How does the current government control politics in Laos?

21. How does PM Hun Sen become strong in Kampuchea?

22. How do the post-Ne Win governments in Myanmar manage to overcome political crisis in that country?

23. What kinds of reformation does PM Thein Sein make in Myanmar?

24. Analyze how the military government controls politics in Myanmar.

25. Why democracy cannot develop in Brunei?

26. Why Timor Leste is called a weak state?