Based on a decade of research in Indonesia, this book provides an in-depth account of the military's struggle to adapt to the new democratic system after the downfall of Suharto's authoritarian regime in 1998. Unlike other studies of the Indonesian armed forces, which focus exclusively on internal military developments, Mietzner's study emphasizes the importance of conflicts among civilians in …
This book comprises a set of essays written around the problems and conflicts that inhere in notions of community, nation and nationalism in South Asia, and more particularly India, as seen from the perspective of the closing years of the twentieth century.
The Singapore Lecture is designed to provide the opportunity for distinguished statesmen, scholars, and writers and other similarly highly qualified individuals specializing in banking, commerce, international economics and finance, and philosophical and world strategic affairs to visit Singapore.
Bagi kita, demokrasi bukan lagi "benda asing". Dalam wacana perjalanan kehidupan bangsa, tatkala para pendiri bangsa menyepakati terben- tuknya sebuah negara modern, maka wacana demokrasi pun dicoba diimplementasikan walau- pun dalam prakteknya demokrasi sendiri tidak bermakna tunggal.
Vince Boudreau compares strategies of repression and protest in post-war Burma, Indonesia and the Philippines because these alternative strategies shaped the social bases and opposition cultures available to dissidents and, in turn, influenced their effectiveness. He includes first-hand research as well as the the social movements' literature to consider the interactions between the regimes in …
outcome of the Fourth South Asia Dialogue that took place an November 1994 among the various scholars who gathered in Kathmandu, this book presents the papers and findings of the deliberations that took place then. The issues covered were confidence building, secu- larism, democratization, elec- toral reform, decentralization of power, human rights, and endogenization of the economic policymaki…
Southeast ASIAN Responses to Globalitation Restructuring Governance and Deepening Democracy It is now apparent, especially in the aftermath of the regional financial crisis of 1997, that globalization has been impacting upon the Southeast Asian economies and societies in new and harrowing ways, a theme of many recent studies. Inadvertently, these studies of globalization have also lighted that …
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?
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…
Spanning a wide variety of contemporary issues, this unique volume offers a detailed and thought-provoking view of one of the world's most populous yet least-understood nations. Chronicling the impressive economic development Indonesia has enjoyed under the 27-year leadership of President Soeharto, Adam Schwarz explores the difficult challenges that lie ahead.