POLI 369 Lecture 1: Poli 369 Lecture 1
15 Dec 2015
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Melaka, malaysia, a few ports in indonesia. Went through strait of melaka, up to the south china sea toward hong kong. Except for east timor which was in the hands of the. Took over the malayan peninsula, borneo, and northern. U. s. defeated spanish in an 17th century war and then took over (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Thailand is the only se asian country that was not colonized. Impact of colonialism on contemporary politics and economics of. Differences b/w the development of different countries in the (cid:1) same colonial empire, ex: b/w burma, malaysia, and singapore, all colonized by the british? (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Se asia has sharp variation b/w regime type. Thailand= on and off, atm authoritarian military regime, but has had long periods of democracy. Semi-authoritarian/semi-democratic/hybrid regimes/competitive (cid:1) authoritarianism; have elections but the governing party prevents real competition, controls resources: malaysia, singapore, cambodia (cid:1)
