Showing posts with label political science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label political science. Show all posts

Monday, March 22, 2010

Book Review: Poli-Sci in SEA

Erik Kuhonta, Dan Slater, Tuong Vu (editors), Southeast Asia in Political Science: Theory, Region, and Qualitative Analysis (2008)

Here's a short review I wrote for Amazon.com on a new book called Southeast Asia in Political Science. It's a useful corrective to the overly qualitative, country-specific nature of Southeast Asian Studies. In addition to my comments below, I also wish the book had included a chapter discussing the literature (or lack thereof) of law and courts in the region. Here it is: