Pasca jatuhnya rezim Orde Baru, terjadi perubahan dalam politik ketatanegaraan melalui amandemen Undang-Undang Dasar (UUD) 1945. Dalam amandemen tersebut, UUD 1945 mengalami perubahan dan penambahan terhadap pasal-pasal dalam UUD 1945. Adalah Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat (MPR), sesuai dengan amanat konstitusi, yang melakukan amandemen terhadap UUD 1945. Amandemen dilakukan sebanyak empat kali…
Unusual political intensity marked the years between the inauguration of John F. Kennedy in 1961 and the resignation of Richard M. Nixon in 1974. As that period began, Americans of substance and stature expressed grave concern about the state of the nation at home and the prestige of the nation abroad. Their anxieties underlay the theme of Kennedy's 1960 campaign his promise to get the country …
"Jawa, sebagai sebuah peradaban, bertahan dengan sintesis spiritualnya terhadap peradaban dunia: Hindu-Budha dan Islam. Tetapi, mengapa gagap menghadapi penetrasi Barat? Upaya memilah Jawa dan non-Jawa selalu saja merupakan peristiwa politik. Dan itu berarti selalu ada yang ter(di)singkir(kan). Jawa yang takluk, atau Hindu-Budha, Islam, dan Barat yang takluk? Lalu siapa pula yang berhak mewakil…
Pengantar Sosiologi Politik merupakan buku teks yang sangat penting dalam mempelajari politik dari perspektif sosiologi. Pemaparan komprehensif penulis tentang apa itu sosiologi politik, konsep serta pendekatan konseptualnya. merupakan bekal pembaca untuk menyelami sosiologi politik. Dalam pembahasannya penulis menguraikan dengan lengkap konsep dan perkembangan sosialisasi politik, bentuk dan l…
In this book, Ross develops a broad theoretical explanation for cross-cultural conflict, claiming that both social-cultural interests and psychocultural dispositions must be taken into account to explain why some societies are especially prone to conflict and others are more peaceful.
This new series publishes theoretically challenging and empirically authoritative studies of the traditions, functions, paradigms and institutions of modern diplomacy. Taking a comparative approach, the New Diplomacy Studies series aims to advance research on international diplomacy, publishing innovative accounts of how 'old' and 'new' diplomats help steer international conduct between anarchy…
We stand at the dawn of a new era. Before us is the most important decade in the history of civilization, a period of stunning technological innovation, unprecedented economic opportunity, surprising political reform, and great cultural rebirth. It will be a decade like none that has come before because it will culminate in the millennium, the year 2000.
Dick DeVos, shows how the values that make America great -the values that shape who we are, how we live, and how we threat others- can be incorporated into our daily lives. DeVos drwas on his experiences as the lead of one of America's most succesful businesses to explore twenty-four basic values from honesty and compassion to initiative and leadership. A book that offers the guidance we need t…
William Gairdner's book will have a special impact on American readers who sometimes get the impression that political-economic treatises that blow down this way from up there are all written by godchildren of John Kenneth Galbraith. Gairdner sees bright and clear what Canada so greatly needs, and his mobilizing passion wonderfully animates an analytical precision that should be the reason for …
One in a series of short books devoted to different countries that offers much-needed cross-cultural and global material to instructors. Used alongside an introductory sociology text or as a supplement in courses on comparative societies, comparative politics, comparative economics, or social stratification, this book brings a rich global perspective into the undergraduate classroom. The openin…