The prevailing doctrines of statecraft currently invoked in efforts to check these conflicts evolved in an age when the scourge of war arose between states rather than within them. The basic conflicts that now threaten international peace have little in common with those that arose during the heyday of fascism and communism, when the nation- state reigned supreme. The dominant norms of interna-…
The story of Mindanao is truly much more than a story of war. But war's very persistance on that great island suggests that the peace and progress Mindanaoans crave-Muslims, Christians, and Iumad- cannot be reached without first revisiting the sources of conflict and retracing its tortuous path to the present
Dalam sarasehan sehari ini banyak di ungkapkan adanya bahan-bahan baru yang merupakan bukti lahirnya Pancasila.
China's dramatic economic growth since the 1970s has seemed inexorable. The resulting rise in international profile has provoked a lively argument regarding the fundamental economic and strategic challenges to the rest of the world that China now presents. China Rising examines the extent to which that country's future foreign policy stance may be shaped by its own agendas and constrained thro…
This book asks how the political leaders of Africa, as well as interest groups can promote economic growth in their countries. Drawing on studies of countries outside Africa, Jeffrey Herbst and Greg Mills identify the factors separating the performers form the laggards worldwide. Aside from the need to create an enabling environment for business through good governance, provision of infrastruct…
A History of Thailand offers a lively and accessible account of Thailand's political, economic, social and cultural history. This book explores how a world of mandarin nobles and unfree peasants was transformed and examines how the monarchy managed the foundation of a new nation-state at the turn of the twentieth century. The authors capture the clashes between various groups in their attempts …
Dari Lengser Ke Lengser merupakan kumpulan artikel Sri-Edi Swasono di sejumlah media massa cetak antara 1997-2000. Boleh dikata buku ini adalah semacam dokumen perjalanan bangsa, karena berbagai artikel yang dihimpun dan disusun secara kronologis dan membahas berbagai bidang kehidupan. Memang, Sri-Edi dikenal sebagai salah satu dari sedikit ekonom kita yang memiliki perhatian mendalam terhadap …
Seperti dua sisi mata uang, beberapa kebijakan Pemerintahan SBY memang sempat menuai kontroversi. Sedang pada sisi lain, beberapa kebijakan yang lain juga patut untuk mendapatkan pujian. Salah satu yang mungkin bisa dijadikan pijakan di dalam hal ini adalah keberhasilan SBY dalam memberantas korupsi, Berbagai kasus korupsi ditangani dan memperoleh hasil yang maksimal. Mulai dari pejabat negara …
After an introduction by the volume editors, the book offers a look at the complex relationship between nationalism and democracy. The authors then examine the special challenges facing democracy in ethnically divided societies.
This series is dedicated to the proposition that it is no longer valid or profitable to study comparative politics within an essentially North American and European-centered frame of reference. Although admittedly more familiar, more comprehensible, and in the past, at least-closer and more important to us, the political histories, ideologies, and institutions of these areas constitute only a s…