Carleton University Winter 2007 Department of Political Science

Carleton University Winter 2007 Department of Political Science PSCI 3701A Government and Politics of Southeast Asia Friday 11:35-14:25, 413 Southam Hall Instructor: Supanai Sookmark Office: Loeb D681 Telephone: 520-2600 Ext.1432 Office Hours: Fri. 15:00-16:00, Email: ssookmar@connect.carleton.ca Wed. 15:00-17:00or by appointment Course Description: This course is designed to provide an introduction to the politics of Southeast Asia, particularly that of Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, and Thailand. The goal is to familiarize students with the region s historical background, major socio-economic and political problems, the relationship between democracy and economic development, and each country s political, economic, and social order. The course is divided into three sections. The first one deals with the periods of colonialism, and the struggle for independence. The emphasis is on how political, economic, and social changes brought about by the two periods shape contemporary politics of Southeast Asia. The second section looks at five Southeast Asian countries individually in order to examine in greater length the patterns of their politics, political economy, and economic development. The focus will be on the understanding of the role of structure and agency, both domestic and external, in shaping such patterns. The final section deals with major issue facing Southeast Asia through comparative and regional perspectives. The issues of democracy, democratization, economic development, the 1997 financial crisis, and ethnic and religious pluralism will be examined comparatively, while the issue of regionalism will be explored through regional frameworks such ASEAN and APEC. Instruction will be mainly a combination of lectures and class discussions. Films relating to topics of the week will be shown from time to time. Students are required to come to class well prepared in order to fully understand the lectures and actively participate in class discussions. Accordingly, completing all the required reading assignments is necessary. Students are also encouraged to explore the supplementary readings, but it is not mandatory. Course Requirements: Students will be evaluated based on two written assignments, a final examination, a map quiz, and class participation. 1. Map Quiz: The quiz will be in class on January 19 (Week 3). Instruction will be given at the first lecture. 2. First Essay: The first essay (5-7 pages) will be due in class on February 9 (Week 6). Instruction will be given at the second lecture. 3. Second Essay: The second essay (10-12 pages) will be due in class on March 30 (Week 12). Instruction will be given on February 9 (Week 6). 4. Final Examination: The final exam will consist of short-answer and essay questions. A guideline for preparation will be provided at the last class. Exam 1

date and location are to be announced later. To be held during formal exam period, April 9 28, 2007. 5. Participation: Participation marks are based on regular class attendance (5%) and participation in class discussion (5%). Grade Breakdown: Map Quiz 5% First Essay 20% Second Essay 35% Final Examination 30% Participation 10% Late Assignment Policy: All late assignments will be deducted half a letter grade per day (e.g. from B to B- for a one-day late). Students must submit their late assignment in the Political Science Department drop-box. Required Text: Damien Kingsbury, South-East Asia: a political profile, Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2001. All readings (both required and recommended) that are taken from books are held on reserve at the MacOdrum Library. Journal articles can be accessed through 1) the Library s e-journal and 2) WebCT. The required text is on reserve and can be purchased at the University Bookstore. Course Topics and Assigned Readings (Items marked by an asterisk are required readings. Students are encouraged to make use of supplementary readings, particularly for their written assignments.) Week 1 (Jan. 5): Introduction: What is Southeast Asia? Milton Osborne, Southeast Asia: An Introductory History, 8 edition, Allen & Unwin, St. th Leonards, 2000, chapter 1. Benedict Anderson, The Spectre of Comparison: Nationalism, Southeast Asia and the World, Verson, London, pp. 1-26. 2

Week 2 (Jan. 12): Period of Colonialism th *Milton Osborne, Southeast Asia: An Introductory History, 8 edition, Allen & Unwin, St. Leonards, 2000, chapter 5, 6. *J.S. Furnivall, Colonial Policy and Practice: A Comparative Study of Burma and Netherlands India, New York University Press, New York, 1948, pp. 1-10. *Rigg, Jonathan, Southeast Asia: A Region in Transition, Unwin Hyman, London, 1991, pp. 19-29. J.S. Furnivall, Colonial Policy and Practice: A Comparative Study of Burma and Netherlands India, New York University Press, New York, 1948, pp. 276-318. Week 3 (Jan. 19): Nationalism and the Struggle for Independence *Clive Christie, A Modern History of Southeast Asia: Decolonization, Nationalism, and Separatism, Tauris, London, 1996, pp. 9-23. *David Steinberg (ed.), In Search of Southeast Asia: A Modern History, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 1985, pp. 247-268. nd Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, 2 edition, Verso, London, 1991, chapter 3, 10. Nicholas Tarling, Nations and States in Southeast Asia, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 73-78 and 85-89. Week 4 (Jan. 26): Indonesia *Funston, chapter 3, pp. 74-119. *Andrew MacIntyre, Power, Prosperity and Patrimonialism: Business and Government in Indonesia, in Andrew MacIntyre (ed.) Business and Government in Industrializing Asia, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 1994, pp. 244-264. *R. William Liddle, A Useful Fiction: Democratic Legitimation in New Order Indonesia, in R. H. Taylor (ed.) The Politics of Elections in Southeast Asia, Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 1996, pp. 34-60. Jamie Mackie and Andrew MacIntyre, Politics, in Hal Hill (ed.), Indonesdia s New Order: The Dynamics of Socio-Economic Transformation, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1994, pp. 1-48. Adam Schwarz, A Nation in Waiting, Westview, 2000. Anders Uhlin, Indonesia and the Third Wave of Democratization : The Indonesian Pro- Democracy Movement in a Changing World, St. Martin s Press, New York, 1997. especially chapter 4 (Indonesian Islam and Democracy) and chapter 5 (The Proemocracy Movement: Actors and Issues). 3

Week 5 (Feb. 2): Malaysia *Funston, chapter 5, pp. 160-202. *Harold Crouch, Malaysia: Do Elections Make a Difference?, in R. H. Taylor (ed.) The Politics of Elections in Southeast Asia, Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 1996, pp.114-135. *Edmund Terrence Gomez, Political Business in Malaysia: Party Factionalism, Corporate Development, and Economic Crisis, in Edmund Terrence Gomez (ed.), Political Business in East Asia, Routledge, London, 2002, pp. 82-111. Edmund Terrence Gomez and Jomo K.S., Malaysia s Political Economy: Politics, Patronage, and Profits, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999, pp. 24-53 and 166-176. Zakaria Haji Ahmad, Malaysia: Quasi-Democracy in a Divided Society, in Larry Diamond, Juan Linz and Seymour Martin Lipset, Democracy in Developing Countries, Vol. 3 (Asia), Lynne Reiner, Boulder, 1989, pp. 347-377. Mahathir Mohammad, The Malay Dilemma, Asia Pacific Press, Singapore, 1970, pp. 4-31. Week 6 (Feb. 9): Singapore *Funston, chapter 8, pp. 291-327. *David Brown, The State and Ethnic Politics in Southeast Asia, Routledge, London, 1994, pp. 66-111. *Khong cho-oon, Singapore, in Ian Marsh, Jean Blondel, and Takáshi Inoguchi (eds.), Democracy, Governance, and Economic Performance: East and Southeast Asia, United Nations University Press, Tokyo, 1999, pp. 287-303. Garry Rodan, Elections without Representation: The Singapore Experience under the PAP, in R. H. Taylor (ed.) The Politics of Elections in Southeast Asia, Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 1996, 61-89. Fareed Zakaria, Culture Is Destiny: A Conversation with Lee Kuan Yew, Foreign Affairs, Vol. 73, No. 2, 1994, pp. 109-126. Week 7 (Feb. 16): The Philippines *Funston, chapter 7, pp. 252-289. *Gary Hawes, Marcos, His Cronies and the Philippines Failure to Develop, in Ruth McVey (ed), Southeast Asian Capitalists, Cornell Southeast Asia Program, 1992, pp. 145-160. *Paul Hutchcroft, Booty Capitalism: Business-Government Relations in the Philippines, in Andrew MacIntyre (ed.) Business and Government in 4

Industrializing Asia, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 1994, pp. 216-235. William Overholt, The Rise and Fall of Ferdinand Marcos, Asian Survey, Vol. 26, No. 11, November 1986, pp. 1137-1163. Robert Youngblood, The Corazon Aquino Miracle and the Philippine Churches, Asian Survey, Vol. 27, No. 12, December 1987, pp. 1240-1255. Carl H. Lande, The Return of People Power in the Philippines, Journal of Democracy, Vol. 12, No. 2, April 2001, pp. 88-102. Week 8 (Mar. 2): Thailand *Chai-anand Samudavanija and Suchit Bunbongkarn, Thailand, in Zakaria Haji Ahmad and Harold Crouch (eds.), Military-Civilian Relations in South-East Asia, Oxford University Press, Singapore, 1985, pp. 78-114. *Anek Laothamatas, From Clientelism to Partnership: Business-Government Relations in Thailand, in Andrew MacIntyre (ed.) Business and Government in Industrializing Asia, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 1994, pp. 195-213. *Pasuk Phongpaichit and Chris Baker, The Only Good Populist is a Rich Populist : Thaksin Shinawatra and Thailand s Democracy, Southeast Asia Research Center Working Papers Series, No. 36, October 2002. Michael Rock, Thailand s Old Bureaucratic Polity and Its New Semi-democracy, in Mushtaq Khan and Jomo Kwame Sundaram (eds.), Rents, Rent-Seeking and Economic Development, Cambridge University, Cambridge, 2000, pp. 182-199. Suchit Boonbongkarn, Southeast Asia After the Crisis: Thailand s successful Reforms, Journal of Democracy, Vol. 10, No. 4, 1999. Kevin Hewison, The monarchy and democratization, in Kevin Hewison (ed.), Political Change in Thailand: Democracy and Participation, Routledge, London, 1997, pp. 58-75. Funston, chapter 9, pp. 328-371. Week 9 (Mar. 9): Democracy and Democratization *Amitav Archarya, Southeast Asia s Democracy Moment, Asian Survey 29, No. 3 May/June 1999, pp. 418-432. *Clark Neher and Ross Marlay, Democracy and Development in Southeast Asia: the Winds of Change, Westview Press, Boulder, 1995, pp. 13-27. *R.H. Taylor, Elections and Politics in Southeast Asia, in R.H. Taylor (ed.), The Politics of Elections in Southeast Asia, Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 1996, pp. 1-11. 5

Harold Crouch and James Morley, The Dynamics of Political Change, in James Morley (ed.), Driven by Growth: Political Change in the Asia-Pacific Region, M.E. Sharpe, Armonk 1999, pp. 313-356. Anders Uhlin, Indonesia and the Third Wave of Democratization : The Indonesian Pro- Democracy Movement in a Changing World, St. Martin s Press, New York, 1997, chapter 4 (Indonesian Islam and Democracy). Week 10 (Mar. 16): Economic Development and Economic Crisis *Garry Rodan, Kevin Hewison, and Richard Robison, Theorising South-East Asia s Boom, Bust, and Recovery, in Garry Rodan, Kevin Hewison, and Richard Robison (eds.), The Political Economy of South-East Asia: Conflicts, Crises, and Change, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, 2001, pp.1-28. *Andrew MacIntyre, Business, Government, and Development: Northeast and Southeast Asian Comparisons, in Andrew MacIntyre (ed.), Business and Government in Industrializing Asia, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 1994, pp. 1-22. Ruth McVey, The Materialization of the Southeast Asian Entrepreneur, in Ruth McVey (ed.), Southeast Asian Capitalists, Southeast Asian Capitalists, Cornell Southeast Asia Program, 1992, pp. 7-33. Hal Hill, Towards a Political Economy Explanation of Rapid Growth in ASEAN: A Survey and Analysis, ASEAN Economic Bulletin, Vol. 14, No. 2, 1997, pp. 131-149. Jeffrey Winters, The Financial Crisis in Southeast Asia, in Richard Robison et al. (eds.), Politics and Markets in the Wake of the Asian Crisis, Routledge, New York, 2000. Andrew MacIntyre, Funny Money: Fiscal Policy, Rent-Seeking and Economic Performance in Indonesia, in Mushtaq Khan and Jomo Kwame Sundaram (eds.), Rents, Rent-Seeking and Economic Development, Cambridge University, Cambridge, 2000, pp. 248-271. Andrew MacIntyre, Institutions and Investors: The Politics of the Economic Crisis in Southeast Asia, International Organization, Vol. 55, No. 1, Winter 2001, pp. 81-122. Week 11 (Mar. 23): Ethnic and Religious Pluralism *Michael Viatikiotis, Political Change in Southeast Asia: Trimming the Banyan Tree, Routledge, London, 1996, pp. 137-66. 6

*David Brown, The State and Ethnic Politics in Southeast Asia, Routledge, London, 1994, pp. 258-265. *Jean Debernardi and Christopher Tarnowski, Managing Multicultural Societies: The Status of Minority Groups in Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand, in Amitav Acharya and Richard Stubbs (eds.), New Challenges for ASEAN: Emerging Policy Issues, University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, 1995, pp. 73-108. David Brown, The State and Ethnic Politics in Southeast Asia, Routledge, London, 1994. Mahathir Mohammad, The Malay Dilemma, Asia Pacific Press, Singapore, 1970. Week 12 (Mar. 30): Regional Linkages *Michael Viatikiotis, Political Change in Southeast Asia: Trimming the Banyan Tree, Routledge, London, 1996, pp.167-193. *Michael Wesley, The Asian Crisis and the Adequacy of Regional Institutions, in Contemporary Southeast Asia, Vol. 21, No. 1, April 1999, pp. 54-71. *Amitav Acharya, Constructing a Security Community in Southeast Asia: ASEAN and the problem of regional order, Routledge, London, pp. 47-72 and 203-208. Andrew MacIntyre, Southeast Asia and the Political Economy of APEC, in Gary Rodan, Kevin Hewison, and Richard Robison (eds.), The Political Economy of South-East Asia: an Introduction, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1997, pp. 225-244. Jonathan Chow, ASEAN Counterterrorism Cooperation Since 9/11, Asian Survey, Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 302-321. Academic Accommodations For Students with Disabilities: Students with disabilities requiring academic accommodations in this course are encouraged to contact the Paul Menton Centre (PMC) for Students with Disabilities (500 University Centre) to complete the necessary forms. After registering with the PMC, make an appointment to meet with the instructor in order to discuss your needs at least two weeks before the first in-class test or CUTV midterm exam. This will allow for sufficient time to process your request. Please note the following deadlines for submitting completed forms to the th PMC for formally scheduled exam accommodations: November 6, 2006 for fall and fall/winter th term courses, and March 9, 2007 for winter term courses. For Religious Observance: Students requesting accommodation for religious observances should apply in writing to their instructor for alternate dates and/or means of satisfying academic requirements. Such requests should be made during the first two weeks of class, or as soon as possible after the need for accommodation is known to exist, but no later than two weeks before the compulsory academic event. Accommodation is to be worked out directly and on an individual basis between the student and the instructor(s) involved. Instructors will make accommodations in 7

a way that avoids academic disadvantage to the student. Instructors and students may contact an Equity Services Advisor for assistance (www.carleton.ca/equity). For Pregnancy: Pregnant students requiring academic accommodations are encouraged to contact an Equity Advisor in Equity Services to complete a letter of accommodation. Then, make an appointment to discuss your needs with the instructor at least two weeks prior to the first academic event in which it is anticipated the accommodation will be required. Plagiarism: The Undergraduate Calendar defines plagiarism as: "to use and pass off as one's own idea or product, work of another without expressly giving credit to another." The Graduate Calendar states that plagiarism has occurred when a student either: (a) directly copies another's work without acknowledgment; or (b) closely paraphrases the equivalent of a short paragraph or more without acknowledgment; or (c) borrows, without acknowledgment, any ideas in a clear and recognizable form in such a way as to present them as the student's own thought, where such ideas, if they were the student's own would contribute to the merit of his or her own work. Instructors who suspect plagiarism are required to submit the paper and supporting documentation to the Departmental Chair who will refer the case to the Dean. It is not permitted to hand in the same assignment to two or more courses. The Department's Style Guide is available at: www.carleton.ca/polisci/undergrad/styleguide.pdf Oral Examination: At the discretion of the instructor, students may be required to pass a brief oral examination on research papers and essays. Submission and Return of Term Work: Papers must be handed directly to the instructor and will not be date-stamped in the departmental office. Late assignments may be submitted to the drop box in the corridor outside B640 Loeb. Assignments will be retrieved every business day at 4 p.m., stamped with that day's date, and then distributed to the instructor. For essays not returned in class please attach a stamped, self-addressed envelope if you wish to have your assignment returned by mail. Please note that assignments sent via fax or email will not be accepted. Final exams are intended solely for the purpose of evaluation and will not be returned. Approval of final grades: Standing in a course is determined by the course instructor subject to the approval of the Faculty Dean. This means that grades submitted by an instructor may be subject to revision. No grades are final until they have been approved by the Dean. Course Requirements: Students must fulfill all course requirements in order to achieve a passing grade. Failure to hand in any assignment will result in a grade of F. Failure to write the final exam will result in a grade of ABS. FND (Failure B No Deferred) is assigned when a student's performance is so poor during the term that they cannot pass the course even with 100% on the final examination. In such cases, instructors may use this notation on the Final Grade Report to indicate that a student has already failed the course due to inadequate term work and should not be permitted access to a deferral of the examination. Deferred final exams are available ONLY if the student is in good standing in the course. Connect Email Accounts: The Department of Political Science strongly encourages students to sign up for a campus email account. Important course and University information will be distributed via the Connect email system. See http://connect.carleton.ca for instructions on how to set up your account. 8