Southeast Asian Middle Classes: Prospects for Social Change and Democratisation

Abdul Abdurrahman Wahid activities Anwar Ibrahim Asia Asian middle classes Bandar Baru Bangi Bangkok Bank capital capitalist class cent centre challenge chapter Chulalongkorn University civil society culture dakwah democracy democratic democratisation dominant economic crisis election emerged Estrada ethnic expanded financial crisis force foreign globalisation Golkar groups growth Indonesia Indonesian politics industrial institutions intellectuals interests Islamic Islamisation Jakarta Jomo labour leaders leadership liberalisation major Malay Malay middle class Malaysia Malaysian middle class marginal middle class Megawati middle class politics military mobilisation movements Muslim Nahdlatul Ulama NGOS officers old middle class organisations participation Pasuk Phongpaichit PDIP Philippines policies political parties population populist politics president professionals Prudhisan Rasiah regime religious respondents role sector Singapore social Soeharto South Korea Southeast Asian middle stock markets struggle surau teachers Thai Thailand University urban workers