New Books at ISEAS Library – May 2022

The ISEAS Library is open to members of the public – only a short registration is required to be a library member. All library members with a loan card will be able to borrow books from the general collection at ISEAS Library.

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Highlights

Elusive balances: shaping U.S.-Southeast Asia strategy / Prashanth Parameswaran.  Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.

Call no: DS525.9 U6P22

This book undertakes an in-depth examination of the dynamics of commitment in U.S.-Southeast Asia strategy. Drawing on cases including the U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam and Washington’s pivot to Asia amid China’s growing regional role, it constructs an original balance of commitment model to explain continuity and change in U.S.-Southeast Asia policy. — Publisher.


Patronage democracy in the Philippines: clans, clients, and competition in local elections / edited by Julio C. Teehankee and Cleo Anne A. Calimbahin.  Quezon City: Bughaw (Ateneo de Manila University Press), 2022.

Call no: JQ1416 P31

Through ten case studies of political contests in various parts of the country during the 2016 and 2019 elections, [this book] documents how patronage takes different forms and flows through clientelistic and clan networks that are very much alive in local politics. — Publisher.



Other new arrivals

by country in alphabetical order, then by region

Indonesia

Aceh: kisah datang dan terusirnya Belanda dan jejak yang ditinggalkan / Anton Stolwijk; penerjemah: Susi Moeimam dan Nurhayu Santoso; kata pengantar: Bonnie Triyana.  Jakarta: Yayasan Pustaka Obor Indonesia; KITLV-Jakarta, 2021.
Call no: DS643 S87

Benny Moerdani yang belum terungkap / tim penyunting: Seno Joko Suyono [and two others]  Jakarta: KPG (Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia) bekerja sama dengan Majalah Tempo, 2015.
Call no: DS644.1 M57B47
Donated by Mr Kwa Chong Guan, Associate Fellow, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute.

Building resilience of the urban poor in Indonesia / Asian Development Bank.  Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines: Asian Development Bank, 2022.
Call no: HC450 P6P93

How do we look?: resisting visual biopolitics / Fatimah Tobing Rony.  Durham: Duke University Press, 2022.
Call no: HQ1752 R77

Images of the Indonesian war of independence: 1945-1949 / Sander van der Horst, Linde Lammers, Melle van Maanen; Gert Oostindie (ed.); with contributions by Muhammad Yuanda Zara, Marieke Bloembergen, Alicia Schrikker.  Leiden: Leiden University Press, 2022.
Call no: DS644 H81

Rahasia-rahasia Ali Moertopo / [tim penyunting: Arif Zulkifli [and three others]]  Jakarta: KPG (Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia) bekerjasama dengan Majalah Tempo, April 2014.
Call no: DS644.46 M69R14
Donated by Mr Kwa Chong Guan, Associate Fellow, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute.

Sang jenderal / H.J. Friedericy.  Makassar: Penerbit Ininnawa; Jakarta: KITLV-Jakarta, 2021.
Call no: PT5414 I5F89 2021

Sang penasihat / H.J. Friedericy.  Makassar: Penerbit Ininnawa; Jakarta: KITLV-Jakarta, 2021.
Call no: PT5414 I5F892 2021

State of disorder: privatised violence and the state in Indonesia / Abdil Mughis Mudhoffir.  Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Call no: HN710 Z9V53

The politics of citizenship in Indonesia / Eric Hiariej, Kristian Stokke, editors.  Singapore: Springer, 2022.
Call no: JQ777 A2P76

The politics of educational decentralisation in Indonesia: a quest for legitimacy / Irsyad Zamjani.  Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Call no: LC94 I5Z24


Malaysia

Memories not memoir: 20 months of education reform / Maszlee Malik.  Petaling Jaya, Selangor: Strategic Information and Research Development Centre, 2022.
Call no: LA1236 M421
Donated by the author.

Scribblings at random / by Dato’ Hj K Mushir Ariff.  Pulau Pinang: [publisher not identified], 1999.
Call no: R644 P44K11


Philippines

Les sultanats du Sud philippin: une histoire sociale et culturelle de l’islamisation (XVe-XXe siècles) / Elsa Clavé.  Paris: Ecole Française d’Extrême-Orient, 2022.
Call no: DS666 M8C61

The sovereign trickster: death and laughter in the age of Duterte / Vincente L. Rafael.  Durham: Duke University Press, 2022.
Call no: DS686.616 D97R13


Singapore

回首向来萧瑟处 : 欧进福回忆录 / 作者, 欧进福.  Singapore: 玲子传媒私人有限公司, 2022.
Call no: DS610.73 O97A3
Donated by the author.

Jervoisku: meniti masa: 1958-2014 / City Mazita.  Singapore: City Mazita Binte Maswadi, 2021.
Call no: LG174 S6J57
Donated by the author.

Journey of 190 years: a history of the Eurasian Catholic community in Singapore, 1825-2015 / James Newton Boss; edited by Sadie-Jane Alexis Nunis.  Singapore: Global Cultural Alliance, 2016.
Call no: DS610.25 E9B74
Donated by Mr Kwa Chong Guan, Associate Fellow, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute.

Membaca: ilmu, ihsan, iman / Sharifah Mohamed.  Singapore: Sharifah Mohamed, 2020.
Call no: Z1003 S53
Donated by the author.

The last fools: the eight immortals of Lee Kuan Yew / Peh Shing Huei, editor; written by Samantha Boh, Sue-Ann Chia, Justin Kor, Aaron Low, Peh Shing Huei, Prabhu Silvam, Derek Wong & Jacqueline Woo.  Singapore: The Nutgraf Holdings Pte. Ltd., 2022.
Call no: JQ1063 A67L34
Donated by Ms Avery Chan.

粤海清庙 : 建筑与历史的对话 / 杨茳善.  Singapore: 新加坡设计大学建筑与可持续设计, 2019
Call no: NA6030 S6Y46
Donated by Mr Kwa Chong Guan, Associate Fellow, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute.


Thailand

ความทรงจำใต้อำนาจ: รัฐ, ราชวงศ์, พลเมือง และการเมืองบนหน้าปฏิทิน / ชนาวุธ บริรักษ์.  กรุงเทพ: สำนักพิมพ์มติชน, 2565 [2022]
Call no: GT4878 A2C45

ก่อร่างเป็นบางกอก / Edward Van Roy, เขียน; ยุกติ มุกดาวิจิตร, แปล.  กรุงเทพ: สำนักพิมพ์มติชน, 2565 [2022]
Call no: DS589 B2V211

Open and connected government review of Thailand / OECD.  Paris: OECD Publishing, 2022.
Call no: JF1525 A8O61

Thailand: a struggle for the nation / Charnvit Kasetsiri.  Singapore: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, 2022.
Call no: DS575 C482

The economic consequences of globalization on Thailand / Juthathip Jongwanich.  Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2022.
Call no: HC445 J79


ASEAN / Southeast Asia

Ethnic dissent and empowerment: economic migration between Vietnam and Malaysia / Angie Ngoc Tran.  Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2022.
Call no: HD8700.6 T77

Fast-tracking politics’: how Southeast Asian leaders capitalized China railway projects for legitimacy / Syed Ahmad Israa’; editor, Hanis Noor.  Kajang: Interdisiplinary Research and International Strategy (IRIS) Institute Berhad, 2020.
Call no: HE3307 S98

Open and closed economies: lessons from the Philippines and Vietnam / Roderick Macdonald.  Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Call no: HC444 M13

Post-disaster governance in Southeast Asia: response, recovery, and resilient societies / Andri N. R. Mardiah, Robert B. Olshansky, Mizan B. F. Bisri, editors.  Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd, 2022.
Call no: HV551.5 A9P85

Riverine border practices: people’s everyday lives on the Thai-Lao Mekong border / Thanachate Wisaijorn.  Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Call no: JC323 W81

Routledge handbook of Islam in Southeast Asia / edited by Khairudin Aljunied.  Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2022.
Call no: BP63 A9R86

Unsettled frontiers: market formation in the Cambodia-Vietnam borderlands / Sango Mahanty.  Ithaca [New York]: Southeast Asia Program Publications, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2022.
Call no: HC442 M21


East / South China Sea

A blue new deal: why we need a new politics for the ocean / Chris Armstrong.  New Haven: Yale University Press, 2022.
Call no: TD194.6 A73

Dispatches from the South China Sea: navigating to common ground / James Borton.  Irvine: Universal Publishers, 2022.
Call no: SH214.56 B73


Asia-Pacific

Cargoes in motion: materiality and connectivity across the Indian Ocean / edited by Burkhard Schnepel and Julia Verne.  Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 2022.
Call no: HE199 I4C27

China’s foreign policy since 1949: continuity and change / Kevin G. Cai.  Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge, 2022.
Call no: DS777.8 C13

China’s rise to power in the global order: grand strategic implications / Nicolai S. Mladenov.  Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
Call no: DS779.47 M68

China’s role in global governance / Bin Zhang, editor.  Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Call no: DS779.47 C534

Forced displacement and NGOs in Asia and the Pacific / edited by Gül İnanç and Themba Lewis.  Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.
Call no: HV640 F69

Indo-Pacific strategies: navigating geopolitics at the dawn of a new age / edited by Brendon J. Cannon and Kei Hakata.  Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.
Call no: DS341 I411

Migration governance in Asia: a multi-level analysis / edited by Kazunari Sakai and Noemi Lanna.  Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.
Call no: JV8490 M634

Public health in Asia during the COVID-19 pandemic: global health governance, migrant labour, and international health crises / edited by Anoma P. van der Veere, Florian Schneider, and Catherine Yuk-ping Lo.  Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2022.
Call no: RA644 C87P97

Russia in the Indo-Pacific: new approaches to Russian foreign policy / edited by Gaye Christoffersen.  London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.
Call no: DS33.4 R9R964

Seeking strategic convergence: India, South Korea, and Australia in the Indo-Pacific / Evan A. Laksmana, Waffaa Kharisma, and Rocky Intan.  Jakarta: Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), 2021.
Call no: DS341 L19

The Asian 21st century / Kishore Mahbubani.  Singapore: Springer, 2022.
Call no: HC412 M24

The Indian Ocean as a new political and security region / Frédéric Grare, Jean-Loup Samaan.  Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Call no: DS341 G76

The politics of the Asia-Pacific: triumphs, challenges, and threats / edited by Mark S. Williams.  Toronto; Buffalo; London: University of Toronto Press, 2022.
Call no: DS35.2 P76

The sustainability of Asia’s debt: problems, policies and practices / edited by Benno Ferrarini, Marcelo M. Giugale, Juan J. Pradelli.  Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022.
Call no: HJ8770 S96


Others

Justice and egalitarian relations / Christian Schemmel.  New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2021.
Call no: HM821 S32

Wahhabism and the world: understanding Saudi Arabia’s global influence on Islam / edited by Peter Mandaville.  New York: Oxford University Press, 2022.
Call no: BP195 W2W13



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