MOVEMENT, POLITICS AND DEVELOPMENT 87 —— (2001b), "Movement Politics and Development. Preliminary theoretical notes on concrete cases in Kerala and Indonesia." in forthcoming anthology on politics and civil society from the PODSU-research group at Stockholm University, Dept. of Political Society. —— (2001c) , "What's Wrong with Indonesia's Democratisation?", fortcommg in Southeast Asian Journal of Social Sciences/Asian Journal of Social Science, short venson available in Jakarta Post, April 10 and 11, and Economic and Political Weekly, April 14. RECENT MANOHAR TITLES The Unfinished Agenda Edited by Mushiruf Hasan & Nanaki Nakazato This volume provides multidisciplinary perspectives on nation building in South Asia It results from an interchange of views and perspectives between Indian and Japanese scholars who participated in a conference held at the Institute of Oriental Culture University of Tokyo The essays are closely interlinked thematically and yet each is self-contained The contributors, a judicious blend of academics and social activists', discuss wide-ranging themes and their ramifications within the framework of colonial society and the post-Independence Indian State They also attempt to histoncise the nature, scale and depth of the changes ushered in by the transfer of power Mushirul Hasan (born in 1949) teaches Modem Indian History at the Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi His most recent publication is John Company to the Republic The Story of Modern India Nanaki Nakazato (born in 1946) belongs to the Department of South Asian Studies Institute of Oriental Culture University of Tokyo He has an English book on economic history Agrarian System in Eastern Bengal c 1870 1910 ISBN 81-7304-379-5 2001 DemySvo 536p Rs 800 India and Asean Edited by Frederic Grare & Amitabh Mattoo Can international relations be explained by geopolitics alone7 More precisely, does geographical proximity necessarily lead to intense interconnections'? The principal concerns of the present volume on the India-ASEAN security relationships are rooted in these questions India's association with South-East Asia goes back in history and it has had great influence on the region, both linguistic and cultural As is well known, economic and cultural relations flourished in the pre-colonial era, only to decline over time At the beginning of the 1990s, economic and political relations between South and South-East Asia were minimal and often antagonistic The situation changed considerably with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the subsequent reduction of the American forces in the region There were fears in most ASEAN states of a power vacuum that a politically and economically dynamic China could easily fill India too faced growing concerns at the possibility of a potentially hegemonic China wanting to dominate the region This shared perception, together with India's own liberalized economic policies compelled New Delhi to look East Frederic Grare is Director of the Centre de Sciences Humanies, New Delhi Amitabh Mattoo is Director, Core Group for the Study of National Security and Associate Professor of International Relations at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi ISBN 81-7304-330-2 2001 Demy8vo 248p Rs 500 MANOHAR PUBLISHERS & DISTRIBUTORS 2/6 Ansan Road, Daryaganj. New Delhi 110002 Phones 3275162.3284848 • Fax 3265162 e-mail MANBOOKS@GIASDL01 VSNLNETIN