Ward Berenschot is researcher at KITLV Leiden. He is the author of Riot Politics: Hindu-Muslim Violence and the Indian State (Columbia University Press 2011) and several articles on ethnic violence, public service delivery and access to justice. Henk Schulte Nordholt is head of research at KITLV Leiden and professor of Indonesian History at Leiden University. He wrote a new history of Southeast Asia, which will appear in Dutch, German, English and Indonesian.Laurens Bakker is assistant professor at the University of Amsterdam. He works on law, land and violence in Indonesia. He is the editor of several special journal issues and the author of articles and book chapters on these subjects.

• About the AuthorsList of Illustrations1. Introduction: Citizenship and Democratization in Postcolonial Southeast Asia, Ward Berenschot, Henk Schulte Nordholt and Laurens BakkerPart I: Clientelism and Citizenship2. Citizen Participation and Decentralization in the Philippines, Emma Porio3. Everyday Citizenship in Village Java, Takeshi Ito4. Elections and Emerging Forms of Citizenship in Cambodia, Astrid Norén-Nilsson5. Sosialisasi, Citizenship and Street Vendors in Yogyakarta, Sheri Lynn GibbingsPart II: Identity and Citizenship6. Militias, Security and Citizenship in Indonesia, Laurens Bakker7. Custom and Citizenship in the Philippine Uplands, Oona Thommes Paredes8. Citizenship and Islam in Malaysia and Indonesia, David Kloos and Ward BerenschotPart III: Middle Classes Engaging the State9. Digital Media and Malaysia’s Electoral Reform Movement, Merlyna Lim10. Citizenship, Rights and Adversarial Legalism in Thailand, Wolfram Schaffar11. Defending Indonesia’s Migrant Domestic Workers, Mary Austin12. The Yellow Shirts versus the Red Shirts and the Rise of a New Middle Class in Thailand, Apichat Satitniramai

"The international debate over the democratizing effects of citizenship especially in postcolonial societies is gathering strength. Social movements from Asia and Africa to Latin America and Middle East have successfully challenged postcolonial authoritarian regimes and began democratizing political citizenship though not without variations or paradoxes. This book on democratizing citizenship in Southeast Asia is a brilliant and original contribution that walks the reader through these paradoxes. It not only contributes to citizenship studies in general but also in postcolonial societies with a sharp focus on Southeast Asia." – Engin Isin, The Open University, UK