Full Description
This book draws together some of the most innovative studies in contemporary Southeast Asian research by social science scholars in the region. Themes include gender, popular culture, democratic struggle, climate change and environment, minority representation, wealth and marginalisation, labour migration, and ASEAN - the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Readers can glimpse, in a single volume, the nature and scope of the ground-breaking research being conducted across the diverse set of countries in the region. The authors have assembled a set of chapters that represent not only new insights, but new ways of knowing. The aim is to illuminate important steps in the decolonisation of social science research in Southeast Asia. This is an essential resource for all social science scholars and students who want to keep up with epistemological innovation across the Southeast Asian region.
Contents
Chapter One: Introduction: Decolonising Southeast Asian Social Science.- Chapter Two: Gender: New Paradigms of Equity and Identity in Southeast Asia.- Chapter Three: Popular Culture and Digital Media in Contemporary Southeast Asia.- Chapter Four: Wealth, Poverty and Health in Southeast Asia.- Chapter Five: Political Struggle and Globalisation in Contemporary Southeast Asia.- Chapter Six: Climate Change and Environmental Struggles in Southeast Asia.- Chapter Seven: Innovative Studies of Migration and Mobility in Southeast Asia.- Chapter Eight: The Struggle for Minority Representations in Southeast Asia.- Chapter Nine: ASEAN and the Countries of Southeast Asia.- Chapter Ten: Innovations in Social Science Research in Southeast Asia: A Final Consideration.
