Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Part I Introductory Part -- 1 Introduction-Political Norms in Southeast Asia: Overlapping Registers and Shifting Practices -- Introduction -- What Are Political Norms? -- Why the Political Norms Angle? -- Contribution of the Handbook -- Organisation of the Handbook -- References -- 2 Institutional Pluralism and Interactions Between Normative Systems: A Theoretical Overview -- Introduction -- Three Types of Approaches to Normative Pluralism -- Different Types of Norms -- Interactions between Normative Registers -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II Transnational Imprints on Political Norms -- 3 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: A Normative Benchmark for Southeast Asia? -- Signing: A Review of UN Conventions in Southeast Asia in 2020 -- The Dynamics of Signature: Heterogeneous and Temporally Contrasted -- The Best Performers Show the Strongest Political Contrasts (Indonesia, Philippines, Cambodia and Timor Leste) -- Intermediate Cases: "Mainland Mixed Goodwill" (Vietnam, Laos, Thailand) -- The Least Committed: Former British Possessions (Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Brunei) -- Moving Forward: A Protective Regime in the Making, ASEAN Progress from 1998 to 2012 -- Unprecedented Regional Institutionalisation Stages -- Progress Markers: National HR Institutions and HR Indicators -- Avoiding Consequences: Declarations and Signatures with Little Follow-Up -- Maintaining Paradigmatic Asian Values -- Transposing Asian Values into Human Rights Texts -- Compromising Human Rights -- Acknowledging Principles, Failing to Implement Them -- The Temptation to Backslide on Rights Protection Since 2014 -- Conclusion: An Unstable Process -- References -- 4 Normalising Authoritarianism: Authoritarian Rule of Law in Singapore and Hong Kong.

Introduction -- Authoritarian Rule of Law: Unpacking an Oxymoron -- Singapore Legislates Truth -- POFMA: Criminalising and Securitising Online Communications -- Definitions and Discombobulations -- De-Democratisation -- Remaking Meaning -- Theatres of Authoritarian Rule of Law -- Hong Kong's National Security Law: A Normative Borrowing from Singapore? -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 The Draft Law on Association in Vietnam: Legal, Political, and Practical Norms Under Debate -- Introduction -- Legal and Political Norms in Vietnam -- From "Socialist Legality" to "Socialist Rule of Law State" -- The Influence of the Chinese Model on the Vietnamese Legal System -- Legal Norms: The 2016 Draft Law on Association -- Comparing the Legal Frameworks Regulating Association in Vietnam and China -- The Draft Law on Association Under Debate -- Norm Conflict and State Pragmatism -- Subtle Changes to the Rules of the Game -- The Party-State's Ambiguous Attitude Vis-�a-Vis Civil Society -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 Christian NGOs: From Marginal Liberation Theologists to Regional Policy-Shapers -- Introduction -- From Subverting to Enforcing the Existing Order -- Protestant Development Experts Within Regional United Nations Branches -- The Summer Institute of Linguistics and its establishment in Southeast Asia -- SIL and the Production of a Moral Economy of Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education -- SIL's Influence on Political Norms in Contemporary Southeast Asia -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Mapping the Transnationalisation of Social Movements Through Online Media: The Case of the Milk Tea Alliance -- #MilkTeaAlliance's Evolution -- State Repression and Transnational Activism -- Myanmar Leads, Thailand Supports, and Malaysia Lags with MTA Hashtags in Protests -- Changing Protest Norms -- References.

8 "Does China Have a Model to Export?": An Interview with Chlo�e Froissart -- References -- 9 "Human Rights Work in the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights": An Interview with Yuyun Wahyuningrum -- Part III Governmental Re-Orientations -- 10 The Mall and The Mosque: Conflicting Norms in Brunei Darussalam -- The Pre-colonial Period (-1906): The Patrimonial State -- Indirect Rule (1906-1959): The Colonial State -- Self-Government (1959-1984) -- The Rentier State (1973-?) -- The "Shellfare" State -- Personality Cult -- Malay Islamic Monarchy (MIB) -- "A Nation Devoted to God": Negara Zikir -- Conclusion -- References -- 11 Timor-Leste: Constitutional Provisions, Political Conventions and Legitimacy Under Strain -- Political Systems and Their Norms -- The Birth of Timor-Leste's Political System -- Departing from Convention -- Reflections on Timor-Leste's Recent Developments -- References -- 12 The Singaporean Battlefield for the Chinese New World Order: Norms in the Security Domain -- Introduction -- Chinese Levers of Power to Impose Norms on Singaporean Security -- Personal Links -- Academic Relationships -- Think Tanks as a Diplomatic Vector -- Media as a Diplomatic Channel -- Interference and Propaganda -- The Singaporean Response to Chinese Political Warfare -- From an Asymmetrical Relationship to Symmetrical Partnerships -- Conclusion -- References -- 13 Lao PDR: The Politics of Stability in Turbulent Times -- Introduction -- Stability as National Priority -- Covid-19: Harbinger of Turbulent Times -- Conclusion: Sustaining Stability -- References -- 14 Authoritarian Fantasies and Democratic Aspirations: The Philippines After Duterte -- Introduction -- Democracy Fatigue -- Public Perceptions and Duterte's Transgressions -- Due Process -- Gender Equality -- Press Freedom -- Conclusion: Authoritarian Fantasies and Democratic Aspirations.

Funding Declaration -- References -- 15 Beyond Leftist-Phobia: Political Prejudice and Stigma in Indonesia -- Introduction -- Anti-communism as a Tool for the Military to Take Power -- New Order Anti-communism and the Historiography of GS30 -- The Ghost of the Indonesian Communist Party in Post-Suharto Indonesia -- Conclusion -- References -- 16 'The Underbelly of Indonesia-China Relations': Excerpts from an Interview with Faisal Basri -- References -- Part IV Vernacular Institutions -- 17 What's Asia Got to Do With It? "Asian Values" as Reactionary Culturalism -- Introduction -- Asian Values as Internal and External Defensive Mechanism -- Other Authoritarian Culturalist Discourses in Southeast Asia -- Counter-narratives of "Vernacularised" Liberalism -- The Revival of Exculpatory Culturalism during the Recent Autocratization Wave -- Political Culture, Regional Constructivism, and Reactionary Culturalism -- Conclusion -- References -- 18 Military Norms in Southeast Asia: Comparing the Cases of Thailand and Burma -- Introduction -- Military Norms and New Institutionalism -- Thailand's Military: From Royal Servant to Unrivaled Autocrat and Back -- Burma's Military: From Post-Colonial Guardian to Despot -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 19 Grounding the Shifting Political Registers in a Potent Cambodian Landscape -- Introduction -- Basic Concepts -- Potency and Cosmo-Political Norms -- Kings and Priests Capturing Potency -- Extractive Industry, Conservation, and Consuming Potency -- A Humble Provocation -- References -- 20 Moderate Islamic Organisations and Contestation Over Political Theology: The Responses by Nahdlatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah Towards Islamism in Indonesia -- Introduction -- Political Theology: Understanding Political Islam in Indonesia -- Nahdlatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah as Moderate Islamic Organisations.

Growing Islamism and Its Effects Within NU and Muhammadiyah -- NU and Muhammadiyah's Strategy to Counter the Islamist Challenge -- Conclusion -- References -- 21 The Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Southeast Asia: Recent Advances and Current Challenges -- The Concept of Indigenous Peoples in Southeast Asia -- The State of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the Region -- Legal Recognition -- Implementation of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples -- Implementation of Land Rights -- Self-Determination and Decentralisation -- Indigenous Movements' Successes and Challenges in Upgrading Rights -- Indigenous Movements and Activists Under Threat -- Conclusion -- References -- 22 Khmer Buddhism and the Moderation of Political Power in Cambodia -- Introduction -- The Land and Spirits of Cambodia -- The Death of Khmer Buddhism -- State-controlled Regeneration of the Sangha -- Remaking the Khmer Buddhist Kingdom -- Consuming the Land from Under People's Feet and a Dhammocratic Moment in 2013 -- Defeating the Dhamma: Unfettered Autocracy -- The Spirit of China in Cambodia -- Conclusions -- References -- 23 Social Regulatory Regimes in Northern Vietnam: How Interpersonal Network Norms, State Laws, and Market Rules Interact -- Introduction -- Polymorphous Social Regulatory Regimes -- Our Case Studies: A T�ay Village in Vietnam's Northern Upland and Online Sales in Hanoi -- "Building a Civilised Way of Life" in the Highlands of Northern Vietnam -- The Multifaceted Institutionalisation of Online Food Sales in Hanoi -- Classifying Modes of Interaction Between Normative Registers in Vietnam and Beyond -- Concluding Discussion: The Proliferation of Immanent Practical Norms -- References -- 24 Malay Kingship in Contemporary Malaysia: From Cultural Legitimacy to Social Proficiency -- Malay Kingship: Cultural Semantics.

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