TY - BOOK ID - 103160130 TI - Resisting dictatorship : repression and protest in Southeast Asia PY - 2004 SN - 0521839890 9780521109611 0521109612 0511550863 9780511550867 9780521839891 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Dictatorship. KW - Burma KW - Indonesia KW - Philippines KW - Politics and government KW - Social Sciences KW - Political Science KW - Absolutism KW - Autocracy KW - Tyranny KW - Authoritarianism KW - Despotism KW - Totalitarianism UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:103160130 AB - Vincent Boudreau's book compares state repression in three post-war dictatorships under Burma's Ne Win, Indonesia's Suharto and the Philippines' Ferdinand Marcos. In each case the dictator faced distinct social challenges and responded with specifically tailored repressive strategies. These strategies shaped the resources, social bases and opposition cultures available to dissidents and in turn influenced the effectiveness of that opposition. The author balances his first-hand research in the countries in question with the social movements literature to consider the long-term interactions between the regimes and their societies in the wake of repression, and the emergence of the democracy movements which followed. This is a thought-provoking book, which offers a truly comparative study on dictatorship, resistance and democracy in South East Asia. As such, it will be invaluable to students, as well as to those involved in policy making and commentating on the region. ER -