Contents XVII PART I 1 1 Constructing the Modern State 3 -- 2 Authority and Legitimacy 24 -- 3 Development 48 -- 4 Security Issues 72 PART II 103 5 Burma: The Garrison State 105 -- 6 Thailand: The Survivor Mandala 138 -- 7 Laos: The Land in Between 170 -- 8 Cambodia: Electoral Authoritarianism 197 -- 9 Vietnam: The Little Dragon 223 PART III 251 10 Malaysia: Inclusion and Exclusion 253 -- 11 Brunei: Floating on Oil 281 -- 12 Philippines: Oligarchic Democracy 288 -- 13 Singapore: The Corporate State 319 -- 14 Indonesia: Diversity in Unity 345 -- 15 East Timor: The Difficult Birth of a New State 393