In May 2006 Fiji held its tenth general election since independence in 1970. In a country with an unenviable history of electoral trauma, the mood was apprehensive if not tense - not least because of controversial public statements against the incumbent Qarase government being made by the commander of Fiji's military forces. Despite a record number of parties and candidates, the winners were th…
On 24 November 2007 Australia resoundingly changed government. If you think you know what really happened during that tumultuous year behind the closed doors of the Liberal Party, in the back rooms of the ACTU and deep in the campaign war room of the Labor Party, think again. 2007 was a year to remember in Australian politics. It saw the dramatic fall of John Howard and the unexpected rise of K…
Explores the changes in political response that have occurred in Chile during the 16 years without free elections from the 1973 military coup to the 1988 plebiscite. The author emphasizes the role of female voters and offers predictions about future electoral strategies by parties and coalitions.
This book provides insight into Indonesia's system of government and elections. It focuses on the roles of the 1945 Constitution, the Pancasila, the DPR (Legislative Assembly) and the MPR (Peoples Consultative Assembly) and the ways they have functioned during elections since Independence. The development of democracy and the roles of Islam and the military through the presidencies of Sukarno, …
Buku ini memuat sebuah gagasan yang ditujukan untuk membangun proses pendeteksian dini terhadap berbagai potensi konflik. Tujuannya adalah untuk memfasilitasi terbangunnya proses diskusi kritis di tingkat komunitas untuk menemukenali potensi- potensi bangkitnya konflik terkait dengan penyelenggaraan Pemilu 2004.
Contents: 1. Before GE13 was called 2. Nominations and campaign 3. Polling day and result 4. Now that GE13 is over.
The East Asian Strategic Review 2004 covers trends in the security environment of East Asia over the twelve-month period ending Desember 31, 2003. Event today, more than ten years after the end of the cold war, the situation in east asia is fraught with tensions.
The Politics of Reconciliation in Multicultural Societies focuses on two parallel intellectual and political movements that have arisen to address this challenge: the 'politics of reconciliation', with its focus on reparations, truth-telling and healing amongst former adversaries, and the 'politics of difference', with its focus on the recognition and empowerment of minorities in multicultural …
Buku ini berisikan serangkaian artikel R. William Liddle, yang ditulis dalam kurun waktu 1971-1990, tentang Pemilu-Pemilu Indo- nesia semasa Orde Baru. Kendatipun ditulis secara terpisah-pisah, dan kendatipun ada satu-dua kesimpulan tentaif dari periode lebih awal tidak terkonfirmasi oleh bukti-bukti pada paruh waktu lebih akhir, kedelapan tulisan tersebut tetap menunjuk- kan keutuhan argumenta…
From the legendary New York City mayoral race of 1977 to his twenty-year efforts to modernize Israeli politics to Bill Clinton's 1996 reelection campaign, Schoen takes you on a fascinating, eye-opening ride across the international political landscape of the past three decades. Demonstrating how politics has evolved and how he has utilized the latest technology to help candidates win the hearts…