Peristiwa yang terjadi hari ini, tidak berdiri sendiri. Namun, punya kaitan dengan masa lalu dan ada tali-temali- nya dengan masa depan. Dalam konteks inilah, hiruk-pikuk- nya peristiwa politik tahun 1993 yang melanda Indonesia dapat ditempatkan. Sebut misalnya, kemunculan Megawati sebagai figur menguatnya "arus bawah", tampilnya Harmoko sebagai orang sipil pertama yang jadi Ketua Gol- kar, ata…
Buku ini berusaha memberikan jawaban atas sebagian besar rasa ingin tahu pembaca mengenai proses politik Australia. Buku ini menjelaskan berbagai aspek penting dalam sistem politik Australia. Dalam buku ini, saudara Zulkifli Hamid menguraikan peranan lembaga-lembaga politik dalam membentuk dan mem bangun sistem politik di Australia, sejak pembentukan konstitusi sampai politik luar negeri, dan b…
Numerous coworkers in the antiinterventionist movement and academic colleagues encouraged me to examine the history of radical thought and action in Central America and to present my findings. For over a quarter of a century, countless people from all walks of life in Latin America have imparted their wisdom to me and graciously facilitated my explo- rations into inter-American relations and ra…
Buku ini membahas banyak hal yang mempengaruhi keberadaan kebijakan luar negeri baik di Indonesia maupun Australia; isu keamanan, politik strategis, kepentingan domestik, peran dan perkembangan media dalam membentuk opini publik, perwakilan politik perempuan dan perkembangan sistem pendidikan domestik sebagai sarana sosialisasi nilai-nilai demokrasi
Emergency and confrontation is the first sustained and scholarly account of Australia's, waged againts the armed forces of the Malayan communist party between 1948 and 1960, and in confrontation, an undeclared war initiated by Indonesia to destabilise the emergent federation of Malaysia and fought largely along the common border in the northern part of Borneo between 1962 and 1966.
The overseas Chinese and the Chinese of Taiwan and Hong Kong are among the most dynamic business people in Asia. Making up around six per cent of the population of South-East Asia, ethnic Chinese business people control more than 70 per cent of the region's corporate wealth.
It is against this backdrop that this study attempts to unravel the thinking policies of this largely misunderstood man. Who is B.J Habibie? What has shaped his outlook towards life? What drives him? Why has he been so successful? What has been the course of his career? How did he succeed in reaching the highest political office in Indonesia? What were his achievement? What did his critics and…
The past five years have held tremendous significance for the process of nation building in Malaysia. Civil society and voters -- especially in urban areas -- are making new and strong demands on the government, in fact on governance per se; the opposition parties that managed to pull off successful electoral upsets in 2008 have formed a viable coalition to challenge the long-term federal gover…
The book consists of articles on Democracy in Caribbean Societies. Some of the articles benefited from the comments during the conference discussions and have been revised by the authors. This book contributes particularly to the theory and practices of democracy in the Caribbean of the twenty first century and is the second in a series of monographs published by the Democracy Unit. I am gratef…