TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bertrand, Jacques
TI  - Democracy and nationalism in Southeast Asia: from secessionist mobilization to conflict resolution
SN  - 9781108491280
U1  - 321.0940959 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - New Jersey
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Nationalism
KW  - Conflict management
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Insurgency
N1  - Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Nationalist conflict in democratic contexts
3. Aceh: from violent insurgency to broad-based autonomy
4. Papua: failed autonomy and divided they stand
5. Moros of Mindanao: the long and treacherous path to 'Bangsamoro' autonomy
6. 'Exit and reframe': from Cordillera 'nation' to 'indigenous peoples'
7. Malay Muslims in Thailand
8. Conclusion
N2  - Jacques Bertrand offers a comparative-historical analysis of five nationalist conflicts over several decades in Southeast Asia. Using a theoretical framework to explain variance over time and across cases, he challenges and refines existing debates on democracy's impact and shows that, while democratization significantly reduces violent insurgency over time, it often introduces pernicious effects that fail to resolve conflict and contribute to maintaining deep nationalist grievances. Drawing on years of detailed fieldwork, Bertrand analyses the paths that led from secessionist mobilization to a range of outcomes. These include persistent state repression for Malay Muslims in Thailand, low level violence under a top-down 'special autonomy' for Papuans, reframing of mobilizing from nationalist to indigenous peoples in the Cordillera, a long and broken path to an untested broad autonomy for the Moros and relatively successful broad autonomy for Acehnese.

Provides a comparative analysis of five cases of secessionist mobilization in Southeast Asia
Examines how democratization affects nationalist conflicts and violence
Evaluates conflict resolution measures and their limitations
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