UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES VISAYAS Tacloban College

POLITICAL SCIENCE 178

(Southeast Asian Studies: Government and Politics of SEA)
Division of Social Science
COURSE SYLLABUS
Course
number
*Course title

*Course
credit
*Class venue,
day & time

Political Science 178

Southeast Asian Studies:
Government and Politics
of SEA

*Professor Anna Rosario D. Malindog

*Consultatio
n hours

MTH 2:30 4:00 PM

3.0 units

Phone
Local +63 (0) 947 5521711

Monday - Thursday
DM-13
4:00-5:30 p.m.

E-mail

anarosmalin@yahoo.com
armalindog@gmail.com

*Course
description

A review and a comparative studies of the different political systems, governments, cultures, dynamics, and ideologies of countries
in Southeast Asia

*Course goals

1. To motivate interests and deepen understanding of Southeast Asia.

2. To provide students with awareness and understanding of Southeast Asian problems and prospects.
3. The course aims to facilitate knowledge and understanding on how Southeast Asian societies and politics have changed over
time in response to issues and factors such as climate change, colonialism, nationalism, urbanization and globalization.
4. Provide students with an appreciation of Southeast Asia.
5. To examine and understand the historical underpinnings and background and the nature of politics in Southeast Asia.
6. To attempt to understand the dynamics and intricacies of the relations between power, culture, history of Southeast Asia.

*Course
schedule
1st Week 2nd
Week

3rd Week
4th Week
5th Week

6th Week

7th Week
8th Week
9th Week

*Course objective

*Topic

*References and deadline of

requirements
1. Readings in History 2 (Asia & the
World) Chapter 8: Civilization in SEA
To introduce the historical background and information about SEA Ancient Southeast 2. Southeast Asia: An Introductory
i.e. the classical civilization civilization in SEA from 1 st to 6th Asia
History by Milton Osborne
century; formation of kingdoms, cities, trade, architecture, and
3. A Short History of South-East Asia
warfare; and the development of Southeast Asian civilization.
Edited by Peter Chruch
4. Southeast Asia in the Fifteenth
Century: The China Factor by Geoff
Wade & Sun Laichen
5. Southeast Asia in Political Science:
Theory, Region, and Qualitative Analysis
edited by Erik Martinez Kuhonta, Dan
Slater, and Tuong Vu
(a) To discuss the political dynamics in SEA during the
colonization period.
1. Readings in History 2 (Asia and the
(b) To identify and discuss the practices of nationalism in The
Imperial World)
Chapter
10:
Western
SEA.
Rule, Colonialism Expansionism in Asia, i.e. SEA
(c) To take a look and analyze the impact of colonialism on the and the Rise of 2. Southeast Asia: An Introductory
development of national attachment and nationalist theory. Nationalism and History by Milton Osborne
(d) To examine the emergence of national and state identities State Building in 3. A Short History of South-East Asia
in SEA.
SEA.
Edited by Peter Chruch
1. Southeast Asia: An Introductory
To show case how SEA became a party to the Cold War.
Cold War and History by Milton Osborne
SEA
2. A Short History of South-East Asia
Edited by Peter Chruch
Post
Colonial 1. Southeast Asia: An Introductory
To know the elites in SEA, the nature of its politics, political Politics in SEA History by Milton Osborne
institutions and structures
and the Formation 2. A Short History of South-East Asia
of modern nation- Edited by Peter Chruch
states
3. Post Colonialism and Local Politics in
Southeast Asia by Toh Goda
4. Southeast Asia in the New

Contemporary Era by Robert Dayley and

Clark D. Neher
5. The Emergence of Modern Southeast
Asia: A New History by Norman G.
Owen
One meeting MID-TERM EXAMINATION
within the 9th
week
10th Week

MID-TERM
EXAMINATION

(a) To take a look at the changing economic landscape of SEA

The Changing
(b) To try to explain the change in the economic sphere of SEAn
Regi
nations in terms of growth, rising income levels, improvement in
on:
the standard of living and changing structures of production and
The
trade.
Post
(c) To examine how SEA economies adapted and adjusted to
mod
leading development models and policies that they have pursued
ern
in promoting and developing their domestic sectors (i.e.
SEA
agriculture, manufacturing and services) and external sectors (i.e.
and
trade, foreign capital and regionalism)
the
(d) To take a look at the SEA and its relations to the US, China,
Glo
EU and the rest of the world
bal
Eco
nom
y
and
Polit
ics

MID-TERM EXAMINATION
(February 6, 2012)

1. The US Foreign Policy of Praetorian

Unilateralism and the Implications for
SEA by Kumar Ramakrishna
2. State Stigma, Family Prestige and the
Development of Commerce in the Red
Delta of Vietnam by Shaun Kingsley
Malarney
3. The Application of Compulsory
Pilotage in Straits Used for International
Navigation: A Study of the Straits of
Malacca and Singapore by Mohd Hazm
bin Mohd Rusli
4. Contemporary Vietnam: Political
Opportunities, Conservative Formal
Politics and Patterns of Radical Change
by Adam Fforde
5.

11TH Week

(a) To expose the students to the real situation of countries in

mainland Southeast Asia.
SEA Field
(b) To give the students the opportunity to have an
appreciation of Southeast Asia in a firsthand basis.

Trip
/Stu
dy

Travel to the Mainland SEA (i.e.

Thailand,
Burma/Myanmar,
Laos,
Cambodia, and Vietnam) for 7 days.
Specific dates is yet to be determined

Tour
12th Week

1. Discusses how SEA actually faces the challenges posed by

Terrorism in the Post 9/11 Attack and Post Bin Laden Era.
2. Discusses peace and conflict situations in SEA

1. The New Terrorism: How Southeast

Asia Can Counter It by Andrew Tan
2. SEA and the War against Terrorism:
The Rise of Islamism and the Challenge
to the Surveillance State by David Martin
Jones, and Mike Lawrence Smith
SEA and
Terr
oris
m;
Peac
e
and
Con
flict
in
SEA

13th Week

Examines the patterns of migration in SEA, the factors that give Human Rights,
rise to migrations, i.e. economic hardships and poverty, ethnic
Hu
conflict, human rights violations and abuses, colonialism, political
man
independence, refugees issues, migrant workers issue and their
itari
impact both on their home countries and host countries.
an
and
Discusses the democratization process in Southeast Asia.
Mig
ratio
n
and
Dias
pora
in
SEA

3. Problem Inherent at Source: The

Communication Media in Post 9/11 SEA
by Jonathan Woodier
4. Mindanaoo by Irene Morada Santiago
5. Indonesia by Rohaiza Ahmad Asi
6. Timor Leste by Rebecca Peters
7. Conflict Management Experience in
SEA: Lessons and Implications for the
South China Sea Disputes by Hasjim
Djalal
1.Haiti and Burma: Conflict Factors
Compared by Cathy Huser
2. pacted-Transition: Can Burma Follow
Chiles Example by Aung Moe zaw
3. Conceptual Framework for the New
Institutional Design in Burma:
Opportunities and Obstacles for the
Sustainable Peace Building, Restoration
of Law and Order and Transition to
Democracy by Michal Smugarzewski
4. Making Migration Policy: Refelections
on the Philippines Bilateral Labor
Agreements by Nathan R. Blank

14th week

15th week

;
Democracies in
SEA?
To take a look and have an appreciation of how the relationship of Majorities vs
the peoples (minorities and majority) in SEA impacted the Minorities of
political and economic change in the region. This part will also SEA
take a look at the intra-state and inter-state relationships and
dynamics of the different ethnic groups in SEA, and their
perceptions of themselves and others, economic life and trade,
migration, colonialism, the rise of the nation-state and its impacts
on multi-ethnic societies.
To examine the intersection between politics (i.e. media, state Politics (i.e. state
actors, non-state actors; globalization, and economics i.e.
and noneconomic growth and financial stability of SEAn countries,
state actors,
technological upgrading, trans-national production networks,
media);
corruption and monetary policy.
Globalizatio
n and
Business in
SEA

1.The Great Transformation Among

Negeri Sembilan Malays, with Particular
Reference to Chinese and Minangkabu
by Michael G. Peletz
2. Markets and justice for Muslim
Indonesian by Robert W. Hefner
3. The State and Ethnic Politics in SEA
by David Brown
1. Problem Inherent at Source: The
Communication Media in Post 9/11 SEA
{Book Title: September 11 & Political
Freedom: Asian Perspective}
2. Singaporean Business Group: The
Role of State and Capital in Singapore
Inc., by Lai Si Tsui-Auch,
3. Malaysian Business Groups: The State
and Capital Development in the PostCurrency Crisis Period by Edmund
Terence Gomes,
4. Thai Business Groups: Crisis and
Restructuring by Piruna Polsiri & Yupana
Wiwattanakantang,
5. Indonesian Business Groups: The
Crisis in Progress by Alberto D. Hanani
6. Business Success Among Southeast
Asian Chinese: The Role of Culture,
Values and Social Structures by Jamie
Mackie
7. Constituting Capitalist Culture: The
Singapore Malay Problem and

Entrepreneurship Reconsidered by Tania

Murray Li
8. Women Traders in Javanese Market
Places, Ethnicity, Gender and the
Entrepreneurial Spirit by Jennifer
Alexander
9. Contingent Moralities: Social and
Economic Investment in a Philippine
Fishing Town by David L. Szanton
10. Engendered Entrepreneurship:
Ideologies and Political Economic
Transformation in a Northern Vietnamese
Center of Ceramics Production by Hy
Van Luong
16th week

17th week

(a) To discuss ASEAN as both an economic and security

based inter-governmental organizations.
(b) To assess the relevance of ASEAN in changing political
and socio-economic dynamics of the world.
FINAL EXAMINATION

ASEAN

The ASEAN Charter

FINALS

FINALS

*Teaching
Describe the different methods and strategies you will apply in helping your students achieve the goals and objectives of your
methods & course. Examples: Lecture-demonstration, group work, presentation, workshop, online discussion, etc.
strategies
1. Lecture and Discussions/Multi Media Presentation
2. Showing of Documentary Films
3. SEA Field Trip/Study Tour
4. Writing and Presentation of Research Paper
5. Intensive and Participatory Discussion in the Class
6. Class Project/Group Activities
*Class

Activity

Points

requirements
1.
Research Paper Deadline of Submission is March 8, 2012
20%
List
what
2.
Field Trip/Educational Tour/Class Project and Reflection Paper on their Trip Experience - TBD
20%
you expect
3.
Mid-Term Examination February 6, 2012
20%
students to
submit
or
4.
Final Examination March 21, 2012
25%
perform as
5.
Book Review Submission Deadline is February 27, 2012
15%
evidence of
learning and Total
100%
the
Note:
equivalent
The passing rate for this subject is 70%. This means that in all the criteria mentioned above, the student should at least get
points.
70% to pass.
Examples:
Field report,
term paper,
exams,
presentation,
etc.
Class
requirements
details

Provide details on how the class requirements will be done. Examples: a) All reports are to be word- processed using Times font size
12. b) Requirements not submitted on time will be penalized, etc.
1. Researcher Paper Format
a. Short bond paper
b. Double spacing
c. Times New Roman (font)
d. 12 font size
e. 1 inch margin for each side
f. Footnotes/Endnotes for references
g. Minimum of 15 pages, maximum of 25 pages
h. Proper citation of sources
Note: The bibliography page and the cover page are not counted as part of the number page quota for the research paper.
2. Field Trip/Educational Trip to Mainland SEA => the students will travel together with the subject adviser to five countries in
mainland Southeast Asia (i.e. Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, and Burma). The rationale behind this is for students to have a

direct appreciation and experience of the culture, politics and economics of Southeast Asian countries. As an output, the students
will have to write a reflection paper as to the kind of experience, knowledge and learning they have gained from the trip.
3. Mid Term Examination this will be a written exam, which is predominantly an essay type of exam, but with at least 30 %
objective part.
4. Final Examination This will be a comprehensive (cover to cover) oral examination.
5. Book Review Format:
a. Short bond paper
b. Double space
c. Times New Roman (font)
d. 12 font size
e. 1 inch margin for each side
f. Minimum of 5 pages, maximum of 10 pages
*Bases
grading

*Reading
List

for Grades will be allocated based on the points earned:

Note: The total points for each criterion that the students could possibly get is 100 points. Again, the passing rate for this
class is 70%.
1.0 = 100 98 pts

2.25 = 82 79 pts

1.25 = 97-95 pts

2.50 = 78 75 pts

1.50 = 94 91 pts

2.75 = 74 71 pts

1.75 = 90 87 pts

3.00 = 70 67 pts.

2.00 = 86 83 pts

INC = lacks requirements

1. Decentring and Diversifying Southeast Asian: Perspective from the Region by Goh Beng Land, (2011)
2. Southeast Asia: An Introductory History by Milton Osborne, (2011)
3. A Short History of Southeast Asia Edited by Peter Church, (2011)
4. Southeast Asia in the Fifteenth Century: The China Factor by Geoff Wade & Sun Laichen

5. The Emergence of Modern Southeast Asia: A New History by Norma Owen, (2011)
6. Peacemaking in Asia and the Pacific: Womens Participation, Perspectives and Priorities by the Center for Humanitarian
dialogue, (2011)
7. Asian Politics and Policy Journal Vol. 3, Nos. 1, 2, 3, & 4, (2011)
8. Southeast Asia in the New International Era by Robert Dayley and Clark D. Neher, (2010)
9. Business Groups in East Asia: Financial Crisis, Restructuring, and New Growth edited by Sea-Jin Chang, (2006)
10. September 11 and Political Freedom: Asian Perspectives by Uwe Johannen, Alan Smith and James Gomez, (2003)
11. The State of Ethnic politics in southeast Asia by David Brown, (2007)
12. Market Cultures: Society and Morality in the New Asian Capitalism edited by Robert W. Hefner, (1998)

Class-pals

List below names of at least three classmates. Get the best mode of getting in touch with them in case you have concerns regarding
the course.

Name
Joy Bendoy

Phone/Fax/Cell
09177894685

Email

Address
jjubpretty@gmail.com

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Maris Gabornes

09164505858

mcgabornes@gmail.com

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Jocet Consisa

09287223887

jocetconsisa@gmail.com

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Cesar Ong

09162105209

ong.cesar@gmail.com

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