Table of Contents Introduction by Amy H. Liu and Joel Sawat Selway Section 1: State Institutions Chapter 1 State Institutions in South Malaysia: Singapore's Entry and Exit from 1963-1965 by Elvin Ong Chapter 2 State Institutions in North Taiwan versus South Taiwan: Hokkien Recognition in Taiwan by Chun-Ying Wu and Amy H. Liu Chapter 3 State Institutions in North Sumatra, Indonesia: National Identification of the Bataks by Risa J. Toha Chapter 4 State Institutions in North Philippines versus South Philippines: Contrasting the Onset of National Rebellion by Mary Anne S. Mendoza Chapter 5 State Institutions in East Malaysia versus West Malaysia: Containing Grievances in an Ethnoreligious Dominant Party System by Mohamed Salihin Subhan and Kai Ostwald Chapter 6 State Institutions in Northeast Thailand : Lao Ethnics and the Thai Identity by Jacob I. Ricks Section 2: Civic Associations Chapter 7 Civic Associations in East Timor, Indonesia: Lessons from Timor-Leste's Independence Bids by S.P. Harish Chapter 8 Civic Associations in Bali, Indonesia: Coastal Reclamation and Ethnic Mobilization by Ryan Tans Chapter 9 Civic Associations in North Myanmar: Pan-Ethnic Nationalism and Sub-Ethnic Mobilization in Kachin State by Alexandre Pelletier Chapter 10 Civic Associations in Maluku, Indonesia: Explaining the Failure of the South Maluku Republic Movement by Jessica Soedirgo Chapter 11 Civic Associations in North Sulawesi, Indonesia: Ethnic Politics and the Level of Mobilization Problem for Bangsa Minahasa by Jeremy Menchik Chapter 12 Civic Associations in North Thailand: Cultural and Regional Movements in the Lanna Region by Joel Sawat Selway Section 3 Chapter 13 Conclusion: Sufficient Conditions, Context Conditionality and Democratic Theory by Amy H.

Liu and Joel Sawat Selway Commentary: Regionalism in Comparative Perspective: A Cardinal Breakthrough in the Study of Ethnicity, Secession, and Political Violence by Henry Hale Bibliography List of Contributors.