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 …
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…
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 …
Indonesia is experiencing an historic and dramatic shift in political and economic power from the centre to the local level.
Dalam Prakteknya, penyalahgunaan wewenang dalam lingkungan birokrasi selalu ada. Korupsi adalah bagian yang tak terpisahkan dari keberadaan birokrasi. Masalahnya adalah sampai pada batas mana korupsi bisa ditolerir, atau dalam beberapa hal bisa dipahami sebagai faktor yang tidak mengganggu integrasi nasional, dan pada batas mana ia akan menjerumuskan negara ke dalam jurang malapetaka atau disin…
Buku ini memuat analisis tajam dan terinci tentang gerakan prodemokrasi Indonesia beserta konteks politiknya sejak masa 1960-an hingga kini. Fokus utama analisis terletak pada cara aktor-aktor prodemokrasi Indonesia mengambil pelajaran dari berbagai peristiwa terkait dengan penegakan demokrasi di luar negeri. Secara khusus penulis memberikan penekanan pada fenomena menarik yang terjadi antara I…