Changing Constellations of Southeast Asia From Northeast Asia to China

Southeast Asia is among emerging economies that have become important drivers of the world economy. ASEAN has furthered the region’s economic integration. Yet, growth remains dependent on foreign investment. Inequality has grown or remained high. Democracy, instead of consolidating, has stalled or regressed. Changing Constellations of Southeast Asia seeks to: Shed light on the gap between Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia from a variety of viewpoints, across trade and industry, services and education and language policies; Examine institutions and elite capture to understand why middle-tier Southeast Asian countries have failed in following the ‘East Asian miracle’; Examine China’s growing influence and how this growing role affects Southeast Asia as a constellation. Contributing to critical political economy and comparative development studies in East Asia, this timely volume will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in Southeast Asia studies, International Political Economy, Development sociology and economics, Social Policy and Asian Politics.

Acknowledgements Contributors Editors Introduction 1 Southeast and Northeast Asia 1 Jan Nederveen Pieterse What happened to the Miracle Eight? Looking East in the twenty-first century 2 Andrew Kam Jia Yi Dynamics of trade and value added in Factory Asia 3 Fazal Rizvi Higher education in Southeast Asia 4 Zawiah Yahya The rise of global English and language policies of China, Japan, Malaysia and Thailand 2 Institutions 5 Terence Gomez and Elsa Lafaye de Micheaux Diversity of Southeast Asian Capitalisms: Evolving State-Business Relations in Malaysia 6 Marc Saxer How to escape the transformation trap: Building social consensus for sustainable development 7 Tim Rackett Thailand: Exception to the rule, or rule by exception? 3 Southeast Asia and China 8 Jan Nederveen Pieterse Changing constellations of Southeast Asia 9 Abdul Rahman Embong The charms of China’s New Silk Routes: Connecting the dots in Southeast Asia 10 Siew Yean Tham Examining the shift to services: Malaysia and China compared 11 Sufian Jusoh Economic diplomacy in ASEAN: the case of Myanmar and China investment relations 12 Rashila Ramli Southeast Asia and China relations: Desecuritizing the South China Sea

Jan Nederveen Pieterse is Duncan and Suzanne Mellichamp Distinguished Professor of Global Studies and Sociology at University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. Abdul Rahman Embong is Emeritus Professor in Sociology of Development and Principal Research Fellow at the Institute of Malaysian and International Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia. Siew Yean Tham is a Senior Fellow at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore.