New Books at ISEAS Library – May 2024

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Highlights

Indonesia at the crossroads: transformation and challenges / editors: Okamoto Masaaki and Jafar Suryomenggolo.  Japan: Kyoto University Press Trans Pacific Press;  Yogyakarta UGM Press, 2022.

Call no: HC447 I41O4

“The 1998 Reform has paved ways for the reconfiguration and improvement of Indonesia’s institutions to support economic growth. For the last 20 years, however, Indonesia is facing the challenges of uncontainable urbanization and rising inequality. During the period 2008-2015, Indonesia’s economy grew by more than 4 percent annually, the highest steady rate in Southeast Asia. Indonesia is now transitioning from a lower-middle income country to an upper-middle level one.” — Publisher.


Misguided democracy in Malaysia and Indonesia: digital propaganda in Southeast Asia / Nuurrianti Jalli and Ika Idris.  Lanham: Lexington Books, 2024.

Call no: HM1231 J26 

“Misguided Democracy in Malaysia and Indonesia: Digital Propaganda in Southeast Asia examines the weaponization of the internet in Southeast Asia. Nuurrianti Jalli and Ika Idris meticulously unpack the intricate strategies and tactics used by propagandists, state entities, and political factions to manipulate and mislead public opinion through social media — Publisher.



Other new arrivals

by country in alphabetical order, then by region

Malaysia

Delivering development, enforcing syariah: PAS’ dilemma in Terengganu / Azmil Tayeb.  Singapore: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, May 2024.
Call no: DS501 I59T NO. 14(2024)

Malaysia’s state formation: small steps and large outcomes of a contested Leviathan / Abdillah Noh.  Abingdon, Oxon;  New York, NY: Routledge, 2024.
Call no: DS596.6 N77

Malaysia’s responses to issues pertaining to Palestine / Mohd Faizal Musa.  Singapore: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, May 2024.
Call no: DS501 I59T NO. 13(2024)

Mengapa 10 tahun untuk daftar PSM? / S. Arutchelvan.  Kuala Lumpur: PSM Centre, 2020.
Call no: JQ1062 A98P28A79

Party of hardship: the evolution of Malaysia’s Parti Keadilan Rakyat / James Chai.  Singapore: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, May 2024.
Call no: DS501 I59T NO. 15(2024)

Scrutinizing the DAP’s success in the 2023 Malaysian state elections / Ong Kian Ming.  Singapore: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, April 2024.
Call no: DS501 I59T NO. 8(2024)

Shifting to a higher gear: the saga of Malaysia’s national carmaker Proton / Pritish Bhattacharya and Francis E. Hutchinson.  Singapore: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, April 2024.
Call no: DS501 I59T NO. 9(2024)

Social and political deglobalisation: Covid-19, conflict, and uncertainties in Malaysia / Khoo Ying Hooi, Kavitha Ganesan, Anantha Raman Govindasamy, editors.  Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, an imprint of Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., 2023.
Call no: RA644 C87S67

Where do we go work-wise?: Malaysia’s labour landscape / edited by Alizan Mahadi, Lee Min Hui.  Petaling Jaya, Selangor: Talent Corporation Malaysia Berhad, 2023.
Call no: HD8700.6 W56
Donated by Lee Hwok Aun, Senior Fellow, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute.

Why young Malay voters in Malaysia are “turning green” / Syaza Shukri.  Singapore: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, May 2024.
Call no: DS501 I59T NO. 12(2024)


Myanmar

Myanmar: a political lexicon / Nick Cheesman (Australian National University, Canberra).  Cambridge;  New York: Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Call no: DS530.65 C51

Myanmar’s resistance and the future of border trade: challenges and opportunities / Jared Bissinger.  Singapore: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, April 2024.
Call no: DS501 I59T NO. 11(2024) 

Regime changes and socio-economic history of rural Myanmar, 1986-2019 / Akio Takahashi.  Singapore: Springer, 2023.
Call no: DS530.65 T13


Singapore

For all ages: Singapore Polytechnic at seventy / Koh Buck Song.  Singapore: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd on behalf of Singapore Polytechnic, 2023.
Call no: LG395 S6K79
Donated by Singapore Polytechnic.


Thailand

Rama X: the Thai monarchy under King Vajiralongkorn / Pavin Chachavalpongpun, editor; with a foreword by Tyrell Haberkorn.  New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Southeast Asia Studies, 2023.
Call no: DS586.15 R16


Vietnam

A maritime Vietnam: from earliest times to the nineteenth century / Li Tana, Australian National University.  Cambridge, United Kingdom;  New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Call no: DS556.5 L685 


ASEAN and Southeast Asia

Beyond slacktivism: the dynamic relationship between online and offline activism among Southeast Asian youths / Iim Halimatusa’diyah.  Singapore: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, April 2024.
Call no: DS501 I59T NO. 10(2024) 

Performing arts and the royal courts of Southeast Asia / edited by Mayco A. Santaella.  Leiden;  Boston: Brill, 2024.
Call no: PN2960 A9P43 V.1


Asia-Pacific

The China race: global competition for alternative world orders / Fei-Ling Wang.  Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2024.
Call no: DS779.47 W24 


Climate Change and the Environment


Media, Technology and Society

Communicating politics online: disruption and democracy / Chapman Rackaway.  Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
Call no: JA85 R12

Mapping lies in the global media sphere / edited by Tirşe Erbaysal-Filibeli and Melis Öneren-Özbek.  Abingdon, Oxon;  New York, NY: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.
Call no: PN4784 F27M29

Transnational broadcasting in the Indo Pacific: the battle for trusted news and information / Alexandra Wake, editor.  Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, an imprint of Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024.
Call no: HE8689.9 I54T77 

Trolling ourselves to death: democracy in the age of social media / Jason Hannan.  New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2023.
Call no: JA85 H24


Global Economy

Global value chains: measurement and application / Su Qingyi.  Abingdon, Oxon;  New York, NY: Routledge, 2024.
Call no: HF1379 S93 



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