Buku ini menceritakan bagaimana bangsa kita melewati masa-masa sulit sehingga telah terjadi perkembangan luar biasa di bidang budaya dan politik. Kesemuanya menggunakan tutur kata yang sama bahwa perubahan yang kita alami itu ada yang positif, banyak tentunya, disamping kelemahan yang perlu kita tanggulangi.
Buku ini membahas tentang sejarah berulang,globalisasi makin layu,kritik tajam dari dalam,pax americana,korporatokrasi,korupsi paling berbahaya:state capture corruption.Dalam 30 tahun terakhir dunia menyaksikan bangkitnya imperialisme ekonomi yang dilancarkan negara-negara barat,negara-negara eks kolonialis,lewat apa yang dinamakan globalisasi. IMF,Bank Dunia,dan WTO adalah tiga institusi pilar…
Is the historical opportunity to sustain and develop the world's at least nominally third largest democracy a lost cause? Is the post-Socharto democracy movement capable of recovering and regrouping - despite being marginalized by dominating forces that have taken over the process of reformation and western powers that give priority to their own security? This book is a unique joint effort by c…
This study is executed from the above perspective. It focuses on the manifestations of the striving for a constitutional state in the debates of the Konstituante, as reported in the minutes, and on the obstacles which this endeavour encountered. The two fundamental elements of constitutionalism are legal limits to arbitrary power and a complete political responsibility of the government to the …
Buku ini menampilkan bidang-bidang kajian yang selama ini ditekuni oleh Miriam Budiarjo tentang perkembangan dan pembangunan politik di di Indonesia. Dalam buku ini dimuat topik ilmu dan praktek politik pada umumnya, situasi-situasi hubungan internasional dewasa ini, sampai studi wanita dan hak asasi manusia.
Indonesia enters the new millennium at a time of transition. It has experienced several crises - in particular the economic crisis of 1997-98, a severe intensification of its environmental degradation, and more recently the East Timor crisis, the ongoing Aceh demand for independence, the change of government from the autocratic Soeharto regime to one democratically elected and under the leaders…
Kita catat ideologi-ideologi besar yang hidup di Indonesia dan memiliki pengaruh hingga kini, serta nampak masih memiliki prospek masa depan yaitu Komunisme, Islamisme, Nasionalisme, dan Militerisme. Keempat ideologi besar tersebut kini masih memiliki eksistensi berkembang di masyarakat. Semuanya memiliki masa lalu yang muram.Buku ini mengungkapkan aspek politik-historikal dan prospek masa depa…
Combining great learning, interpretative originality, analytical sensitivity, and a charismatic prose style, Clifford Geertz has produced a lasting body of work with influence throughout the humanities and social sciences, and remains the foremost anthropologist in America. His 1980 book Negara analyzed the social organization of Bali before it was colonized by the Dutch in 1906. Here Geertz ap…
What are Indonesia's prospects over the next ten years? Its economy has been ravaged by the Asian economic crisis. Its leader for 32 years, President Soeharto, was forced from office in May 1998 amidst rioting and student demonstrations. This book examines the political and economic trends which are shaping Indonesia's future.
Indonesia is now a fragile nation, a country in crisis. It is breaking apart because just as Sukarno had failed in his interplay of strength between communism and the armed forces, Suharto failed to keep the balance of power between the armed forces and Islam. Moreover, the Indonesian state crest, Bhinneka Tunggal Ika (Unity in Diversity). Without this spirit, so vital to a multi-religious and …