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Our faculty and students take on challenging and timely research projects from ethnic cleansing in Myanmar to the resurgence of populism in India, as well as regime change, corruption, political party development and gender politics across the region. The Department of Political and Social Change (PSC) has been awarded numerous research grants to investigate important issues like the parliamentary elections in Timor Leste, civil society education efforts in Indonesia, urban transformation in China, presidentialism in Indonesia, and money politics in Southeast Asia – among many other topics.

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Debating Democratisation in Myanmar book cover

Debating Democratization in Myanmar

Coming at a critical time, and one of growing interest in this Southeast Asian country among researchers and policy-makers, this book addresses this complex question from various perspectives.
Money, Power and Ideology book cover by Marcus Mietzner

Money, Power and Ideology: Political Parties in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia

This book provides an unprecedented and fine-grained analysis of the inner working of Indonesian parties, and by comparing them to their equivalents in other new democracies around the world.
Islam and Nation Edward Aspinall

Islam and Nation: Separatist Rebellion in Aceh, Indonesia

Islam and Nation presents a fascinating study of the genesis, growth and decline of a nationalist movement.
Opposing Suharto Edward Aspinall

Opposing Suharto: Compromise, resistance, and regime change in Indonesia

Opposing Suharto presents an account of democratization in the world's fourth most populous country, Indonesia.

New Mandala

New Mandala

New Mandala blog is a leading forum for academic and policy outreach on Southeast Asia. It devotes its attention to the politics and societies of Southeast Asian countries, and their connections with one another. The blog has played a pioneering role in the digitisation of Southeast Asian studies and attracts an audience of around 2 million readers each year, the majority from the Southeast Asian region.

New Mandala is hosted by the Australian National University’s (ANU) Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs.

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