Communal Violence And Democratization In Indonesia

Author : Geert Arend van Klinken
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015069298324

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Communal Violence and Democratization in Indonesia by Geert Arend van Klinken Pdf

Through close scrutiny of empirical materials and interviews, this book uniquely analyzes all the episodes of long-running, widespread communal violence that erupted during Indonesia’s post-New Order transition. Indonesia democratised after the long and authoritarian New Order regime ended in May 1998. But the transition was far less peaceful than is often thought. It claimed about 10,000 lives in communal (ethnic and religious) violence, and nearly as many as that again in separatist violence in Aceh and East Timor. Taking a comprehensive look at the communal violence that arose after the New Order regime, this book will be of interest to students of Southeast Asian studies, social movements, political violence and ethnicity.

Author : Gerry van Klinken
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134115334

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Communal Violence and Democratization in Indonesia by Gerry van Klinken Pdf

Through close scrutiny of empirical materials and interviews, this book uniquely analyzes all the episodes of long-running, widespread communal violence that erupted during Indonesia’s post-New Order transition. Indonesia democratised after the long and authoritarian New Order regime ended in May 1998. But the transition was far less peaceful than is often thought. It claimed about 10,000 lives in communal (ethnic and religious) violence, and nearly as many as that again in separatist violence in Aceh and East Timor. Taking a comprehensive look at the communal violence that arose after the New Order regime, this book will be of interest to students of Southeast Asian studies, social movements, political violence and ethnicity.

Author : Yuhki Tajima
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107028135

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The Institutional Origins of Communal Violence by Yuhki Tajima Pdf

This book develops a novel theoretical explanation for why transitions from authoritarian rule are often marked by spikes in communal violence.

Author : Kirsten E Schulze
Publisher : Southeast Asia Program Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2024-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 150177767X

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Contesting Indonesia by Kirsten E Schulze Pdf

Author : Chris Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008-03-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134052400

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Ethno-Religious Violence in Indonesia by Chris Wilson Pdf

Ethno-religious violence in Indonesia illustrates in detail how and why previously peaceful religious communities can descend into violent conflict. From 1999 until 2000, the conflict in North Maluku, Indonesia, saw the most intense communal violence of Indonesia’s period of democratization. For almost a year, militias waged a brutal religious war which claimed the lives of almost four thousand lives. The conflict culminated in ethnic cleansing along lines of religious identity, with approximately three hundred thousand people fleeing their homes. Based on detailed research, this book provides an in depth picture of all aspects of this devastating and brutal conflict. It also provides numerous examples of how different conflict theories can be applied in the analysis of real situations of tensions and violence, illustrating the mutually reinforcing nature of mass level sentiment and elite agency, and the rational and emotive influences on those involved. This book will be of interest to researchers in Asian Studies, conflict resolution and religious violence.

Author : Jamie Seth Davidson
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0299225801

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From Rebellion to Riots by Jamie Seth Davidson Pdf

From Rebellion to Riots is a critical analysis of the roots of contemporary violence in one of Indonesia's most ethnically heterogeneous provinces, West Kalimantan. Since the late 1960s, this province has suffered periodic outbreaks of ethnic violence among its Dayak, Malay, Madurese, and ethnic Chinese populations. Citing evidence from his research, internal military documents, and ethnographic accounts, Jamie S. Davidson refutes popular explanations for these flare-ups. The recurrent violence has less to do with a clash of cultures, the ills of New Order-led development, or indigenous marginalization than with the ongoing politicization of ethnic and indigenous identity in the region. Looking at key historical moments, markedly different in their particulars, Davidson reveals the important links between ethnic violence and subnational politics. In one case, army officers in Soeharto's recently established New Order regime encouraged anti-Chinese sentiments. To move against communist-inspired rebellion, they recruited indigenous Dayaks to expunge tens of thousands of ethnic Chinese from interior towns and villages. This counter-insurgent bloodshed inadvertently initiated a series of clashes between Dayaks and Madurese, another migrant community. Driven by an indigenous empowerment movement and efforts by local elites to control benefits provided by decentralization and democratization, these low-intensity riots rose to immense proportions in the late 1990s. From Rebellion to Riots demonstrates that the endemic violence in this vast region is not the inevitable outcome of its ethnic diversity, and reveals that the initial impetus for collective bloodshed is not necessarily the same as the forces that sustain it. "A comprehensive case study . . . . Essential reading for students of the West Kalimantan violence."--Dave McRae, Indonesia

Author : Ingrid Wessel,Georgia Wimhöfer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Ethnic conflict
ISBN : UOM:39015054169209

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Violence in Indonesia by Ingrid Wessel,Georgia Wimhöfer Pdf

Author : Eva-Lotta E. Hedman
Publisher : SEAP Publications
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0877277451

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Conflict, Violence, and Displacement in Indonesia by Eva-Lotta E. Hedman Pdf

This volume foregrounds the dynamics of displacement and the experiences of internal refugees uprooted by conflict and violence in Indonesia. Contributors examine internal displacement in the context of militarized conflict and violence in East Timor, Aceh, and Papua, and in other parts of Outer Island Indonesia during the transition from authoritarian rule. The volume also explores official and humanitarian discourses on displacement and their significance for the politics of representation.

Author : Ashutosh Varshney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Ethnic conflict
ISBN : PSU:000066904625

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Collective Violence in Indonesia by Ashutosh Varshney Pdf

Since the end of Suharto¿s so-called New Order (1966-1998) in Indonesia and the eruption of vicious group violence, a number of questions have engaged the minds of scholars and other observers. How widespread is the group violence? What forms¿ethnic, religious, economic¿has it primarily taken? Have the clashes of the post-Suharto years been significantly more widespread, or worse, than those of the late New Order? The authors of Collective Violence in Indonesia trenchantly address these questions, shedding new light on trends in the country and assessing how they compare with broad patterns identified in Asia and Africa.

Author : O. Törnquist,N. Webster,K. Stokke
Publisher : Springer
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009-12-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230102095

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Rethinking Popular Representation by O. Törnquist,N. Webster,K. Stokke Pdf

This book starts out from the deep concern with contemporary tendencies towards depoliticisation of public issues and popular interests and makes a case for rethinking more democratic popular representation. It outlines a framework for popular representation, examines key issues and experiences and provides a policy-oriented conclusion.

Author : Angel Rabasa,John Haseman
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2002-12-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780833034021

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The Military and Democracy in Indonesia by Angel Rabasa,John Haseman Pdf

The military is one of the few institutions that cut across the divides of Indonesian society. As it continues to play a critical part in determining Indonesia's future, the military itself is undergoing profound change. The authors of this book examine the role of the military in politics and society since the fall of President Suharto in 1998. They present several strategic scenarios for Indonesia, which have important implications for U.S.-Indonesian relations, and propose goals for Indonesian military reform and elements of a U.S. engagement policy.

Author : Amy Chua
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2004-01-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400076376

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World on Fire by Amy Chua Pdf

The reigning consensus holds that the combination of free markets and democracy would transform the third world and sweep away the ethnic hatred and religious zealotry associated with underdevelopment. In this revelatory investigation of the true impact of globalization, Yale Law School professor Amy Chua explains why many developing countries are in fact consumed by ethnic violence after adopting free market democracy. Chua shows how in non-Western countries around the globe, free markets have concentrated starkly disproportionate wealth in the hands of a resented ethnic minority. These “market-dominant minorities” – Chinese in Southeast Asia, Croatians in the former Yugoslavia, whites in Latin America and South Africa, Indians in East Africa, Lebanese in West Africa, Jews in post-communist Russia – become objects of violent hatred. At the same time, democracy empowers the impoverished majority, unleashing ethnic demagoguery, confiscation, and sometimes genocidal revenge. She also argues that the United States has become the world’s most visible market-dominant minority, a fact that helps explain the rising tide of anti-Americanism around the world. Chua is a friend of globalization, but she urges us to find ways to spread its benefits and curb its most destructive aspects.

Author : Harold A. Crouch
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789812309204

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Political Reform in Indonesia After Soeharto by Harold A. Crouch Pdf

Three decades of authoritarian rule in Indonesia came to a sudden end in 1998. The collapse of the Soeharto regime was accompanied by massive economic decline, widespread rioting, communal conflict, and fears that the nation was approaching the brink of disintegration. Although the fall of Soeharto opened the way towards democratization, conditions were by no means propitious for political reform. This book asks how political reform could proceed despite such unpromising circumstances. It examines electoral and constitutional reform, the decentralization of a highly centralized regime, the gradual but incomplete withdrawal of the military from its deep political involvement, the launching of an anti-corruption campaign, and the achievement of peace in two provinces that had been devastated by communal violence and regional rebellion.

Author : Taufiq Tanasaldy
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004253483

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Regime Change and Ethnic Politics in Indonesia by Taufiq Tanasaldy Pdf

When the Indonesian New Order regime fell in 1998, regional politics with strong ethnic content emerged across the country. In West Kalimantan the predominant feature was particularly that of the Dayaks. This surge, however, was not unprecedented. After centuries of occupying a subordinate place in the political and social hierarchy under the nominal rule of the Malay sultanates, Dayaks became involved in an enthusiastic political emancipation movement from 1945. The Dayaks secured the governorship as well as the majority of the regional executive head positions before they were shunned by the New Order regime. This book examines the development of Dayak politics in West Kalimantan from the colonial times until the first decade of the 21th century. It asks how and why Dayak politics has experienced drastic changes since 1945. It will look at the effect of regime change, the role of the individual leaders and organizations, the experience of marginalization, and conflicts on the course of Dayaks politics. It will also examine ethnic relations and recent political development up to 2010 in the province.

Author : Kazuya Nakamizo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1920901388

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Violence and Democracy by Kazuya Nakamizo Pdf

The Bhagalpur riots occurred in the Indian state of Bihar during the 1989 Lok Sabha election campaign. In the lead-up, political actors and parties exploited religious identities for their own electoral purposes. In this book, Nakamizo systematically and comprehensively analyses the course of the significant political change that forms the background to these and other outbreaks of violence, from the collapse of Congress's rule to the rise of identity-based political parties. The political change is explained via a multi-layered analysis of the connection between centre, state and rural village levels in the context of the interaction between caste and religious identities.The riots, especially the counter-riot response, are used as a key explanatory variable throughout. Nakamizo's book offers an insightful and highly relevant perspective on the political background to the communal violence that has been a feature of democratic India and continues to this day.