All over the United States, Americans are deserting the political process. Why? In this national bestseller, one of our shrewdest political observers traces thirty years of volatile political history and finds that on point after point, liberals and conservatives are framing issues as a series of "false choices," making it impossi- ble for politicians to solve problems, and alienating voters in…
Rappa analyzes the nature of neo-liberalism by raising important theoretical questions about the current relationships between American business structures, political norms, popular culture, and the world of business. The book is refreshing because it focuses on the three themes of "hope," "optimism," and "progress" that constitute what has arguably come to represent the American Dream.
Hari-hari Akhir Timor Portugis, merupakan memoar penulis, seorang tokoh yang representatif dan amat berkompeten pada masanya. Buku ini telah berhasil mengungkapkan secara gamblang apa yang sesungguhnya terjadi di Timor Portugis pada saat-saat keruntuh penjajahan Portugal menjelang berintegrasinya Pulau Timor ke dalam Negera Kesatuan Republik Indonesia. Selain merupakan himpunan fakta yang orisi…
Since 1948, South Africa has moved from being a respected member of the British Commonwealth to being a pariah state of the world. How has this come about and what can be done about it? Why, indeed, does it generate far more intense moral passion than do other, arguably worse, regimes?
Anti-Chinese violence in Indonesia reached a climax in Jakarta and elsewhere in May 1998 against a background of dramatic social and political change. This study presents close analysis of selected incidents that occurred mainly in Java in the years prior to this and in its aftermath. It tests explanations of anti-Chinese violence based on economic resentment, religious difference or state-spon…
Throughout the twentieth century, we have seen far too many brutal attacks on peoples of different ethnic backgrounds and religious faiths throughout the world. I have a great sympathy for the people of East Timor, who, like my own people in Tibet, have been attacked and oppressed for simply trying to keep their own culture and identity alive. It is heartening to see people who have the courage…
Buku ini berisi: 1. Natuna, China, dan keamanan laut kita 2. Efektivitas pemangkasan eselon terbawah 3. Memahami konstelasi politik RUU ketahanan keluarga 4, SDGS cara menyejahterakan masyarakat: Roadmap Indonesia sampai mana? 5. Pentingnya kehadiran UU perlindungan pekerja rumah tangga 6. Membedah peta jalan pendidikan nasional
The UN intervention in East Timor illustrates the type of complex operation that the United Nations increasingly being asked to undertake. Michael Smith analyzes the successes and failures of the UN Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET), which was designed to work in partnership with the East Timorese in guiding the country to independence following the 1999 vote to secede from Ind…
Buku ini merangkum pikiran-pikiran politik sjahrir--paling tidak mengenai dilema itu--masalah yang sejak awal menetap dalam kerisauan akademisnya, dan sangat berbekas pada sikapnya sebagai orang yang pernah aktif sebagai demonstran
Realpolitik Ideology presents path-breaking research on the Indonesian military (TNI) going beyond traditional scholarship on the TNI's dual function or dwifungsi which has been one of the dominating fields of analysis in Indonesian studies since the 1970s. Addressed to political scientists, sociologists, historians, anthropologists and defence practitioners, this book interprets security polic…