The State And Illegality In Indonesia

Author : E. Aspinall,G. van Klinken
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004253681

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The State and Illegality in Indonesia by E. Aspinall,G. van Klinken Pdf

The popular 1998 reformasi movement that brought down President Suharto’s regime demanded an end to illegal practices by state officials, from human rights abuse to nepotistic investments. Yet today, such practices have proven more resistant to reform than people had hoped. Many have said corruption in Indonesia is "entrenched". We argue it is precisely this entrenched character that requires attention. What is state illegality entrenched in and how does it become entrenched? This involves studying actual cases. Our observations led us to rethink fundamental ideas about the nature of the state in Indonesia, especially regarding its socially embedded character. We conclude that illegal practices by state officials are not just aberrations to the state, they are the state. Almost invariably, illegality occurs as part of collective, patterned, organized and collaborative acts, linked to the competition for political power and access to state resources. While obviously excluding many without connections, corrupt behaviour also plays integrative and stabilizing functions. Especially at the lower end of the social ladder, it gets a lot of things done and is often considered legitimate. This book may be read as a defence of area studies approaches. Without the insights that grew from applying our area studies skills, we would still be constrained by highly stylised notions of the state, which bear little resemblance to the state’s actual workings. The struggle against corruption is a long-term political process. Instead of trying to depoliticize it, we believe the key to progress is greater popular participation. With contributions from Simon Butt, Robert Cribb, Howard Dick, Michele Ford, Jun Honna, Tim Lindsey, Lenore Lyons, John McCarthy, Ross McLeod, Marcus Mietzner, Jeremy Mulholland, Gerben Nooteboom, J Danang Widoyoko and Ian Wilson. This book is the result of a series of workshops supported, among others, by the Australian-Netherlands Research Collaboration (ANRC).

Author : Edward Aspinall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:948736577

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The State and Illegality in Indonesia by Edward Aspinall Pdf

Author : Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson
Publisher : Southeast Asia Program Publications
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015050808776

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Violence and the State in Suharto's Indonesia by Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson Pdf

Nine chapters examine the political contexts, uses, and implications of violence under and within Suharto's regime in Indonesia. An unhappy spectrum of violence is described: crime and policing, military ideology and democratic resistance, the imposition of austerity measures and the riots that followed.

Author : Susan Rose-Ackerman,Paul Lagunes
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781784714703

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Greed, Corruption, and the Modern State by Susan Rose-Ackerman,Paul Lagunes Pdf

What makes the control of corruption so difficult and contested? Drawing on the insights of political science, economics and law, the expert contributors to this book offer diverse perspectives. One group of chapters explores the nature of corruption in democracies and autocracies, and “reforms” that are mere facades. Other contributions examine corruption in infrastructure, tax collection, cross-border trade, and military procurement. Case studies from various regions – such as China, Peru, South Africa and New York City – anchor the analysis with real-world situations. The book pays particular attention to corruption involving international business and the domestic regulation of foreign bribery.

Author : Nobumichi Teramura
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789819993031

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Corruption and Illegality in Asian Investment Arbitration by Nobumichi Teramura Pdf

Author : Willem van Schendel,Lenore Lyons,Michele Ford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780415665636

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Labour Migration and Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia by Willem van Schendel,Lenore Lyons,Michele Ford Pdf

This book both considers labour migration in its totality, showing how the divide between illegal and legal migration is often blurred, and also examines how governmental and international measures to counter illegal migration are translated into action on the ground, and what impact on all kinds of migration they have in practice.

Author : Kurt Stenross
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822038186094

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Madurese Seafarers by Kurt Stenross Pdf

The Madurese are one of the great maritime and trading peoples of the Indonesian Archipelago. This study takes readers into the trading villages of Madura, with their remarkable traditional vessels (perahu) that were powered by sail until the late twentieth century, and examines their informal-sector economic niches, notably the cattle, salt, and timber trades and the carriage of people. The book argues that the nature of village society, the physical characteristics of the island’s coast, cultural traditions of frugality and self-reliance, and an appetite for risk all contributed to the enduring success of Madurese traders. During Suharto’s New Order, Madurese seafarers prospered through their central role in the booming timber trade between Kalimantan and Java, using great ingenuity and quasi-legal means to negotiate state laws and regulations. Based on data collected during visits to remote ports and unlicensed sawmills in Kalimantan, perahu harbors in Java, and “wild” beach ports in Madura, the book explores the inner workings of Madurese maritime trade during a critical period that brought this village-based transport industry into a modern and increasingly regulated economic environment.

Author : Wayne Palmer
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004325487

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Indonesia's Overseas Labour Migration Programme, 1969-2010 by Wayne Palmer Pdf

In Indonesia's Overseas Labour Migration Programme, 1969-2010, Wayne Palmer offers for the first time a detailed, critical analysis of the way in which Indonesia's Overseas Labour Migration Programme is administered and how it fits with other developments within the Indonesian government.

Author : Tania Murray Li,Pujo Semedi
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781478022237

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Plantation Life by Tania Murray Li,Pujo Semedi Pdf

In Plantation Life Tania Murray Li and Pujo Semedi examine the structure and governance of Indonesia's contemporary oil palm plantations in Indonesia, which supply 50 percent of the world's palm oil. They attend to the exploitative nature of plantation life, wherein villagers' well-being is sacrificed in the name of economic development. While plantations are often plagued by ruined ecologies, injury among workers, and a devastating loss of livelihoods for former landholders, small-scale independent farmers produce palm oil more efficiently and with far less damage to life and land. Li and Semedi theorize “corporate occupation” to underscore how massive forms of capitalist production and control over the palm oil industry replicate colonial-style relations that undermine citizenship. In so doing, they question the assumption that corporations are necessary for rural development, contending that the dominance of plantations stems from a political system that privileges corporations.

Author : Luttrell, C., Obidzinski, K., Brockhaus, M., Muharrom, E., Petkova, E., Wardell, A., Halperin, J.
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Logging
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Lessons for REDD+ from measures to control illegal logging in Indonesia by Luttrell, C., Obidzinski, K., Brockhaus, M., Muharrom, E., Petkova, E., Wardell, A., Halperin, J. Pdf

Author : Barney Warf
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781786434753

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Handbook on the Geographies of Corruption by Barney Warf Pdf

The Handbook on the Geographies of Corruption offers a comprehensive overview of how corruption varies across the globe. It explores the immense range of corruption among countries, and how this reflects levels of wealth, the centralization of power, colonial legacies, and different national cultures. Barney Warf presents an original and interdisciplinary collection of chapters from established researchers and leading academics that examine corruption from a spatial perspective.

Author : Abdil Mughis Mudhoffir
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811636639

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State of Disorder by Abdil Mughis Mudhoffir Pdf

This book examines the theme of privatised violence in different political settings by focusing on the Indonesian case. It argues that the persistence of privatised violence is not solely related to the historical formation of the institutions of state power and authority; it is also intricately related to predatory forms of capitalist development. Within such contexts, privatised violence is not an obstruction, but instrumental for the capital accumulation process, constituting a state of disorder. The book contributes to understanding not only Indonesia’s privatised violence but also the nature of Indonesian politics and the state.

Author : Tim Lindsey,Simon Butt
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-06
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780191665578

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Indonesian Law by Tim Lindsey,Simon Butt Pdf

Indonesia has a growing population of almost 300 million people, it is increasingly involved in world affairs, and has a booming economy. The need to better understand its unique, complex, and often obscure legal system, has become pressing. This is true across a wide range of sectors including, but not limited to, trade and investment, crime and terrorism, and human rights. Indonesia's democratization after the fall of Soeharto in 1998 triggered massive social and political changes that opened up this diverse, and formerly tightly-controlled, society. Law reform was a key driver of Indonesia's transformation and its full effect remains to be seen. This book offers clear and detailed explanations of the foundations of Indonesia's legal system in the context of its legal reform and rapid development. It offers succinct commentaries on a wide range of issues, examining the judicial process, the constitution, corruption and the court system, contract law, administrative law, foreign investment, taxation, Islamic law, and family law. It examines current substantive law and judicial interpretation and presents case studies of how the system operates in practice. Written in an accessible and engaging style, this book is an essential guide for readers seeking quick and clear answers to questions regarding the law and its application in Indonesia.

Author : Thushara Dibley,Michele Ford
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781501742491

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Activists in Transition by Thushara Dibley,Michele Ford Pdf

Activists in Transition examines the relationship between social movements and democratization in Indonesia. Collectively, progressive social movements have played a critical role over in ensuring that different groups of citizens can engage directly in—and benefit from—the political process in a way that was not possible under authoritarianism. However, their individual roles have been different, with some playing a decisive role in the destabilization of the regime and others serving as bell-weathers of the advancement, or otherwise, of Indonesia's democracy in the decades since. Equally important, democratization has affected social movements differently depending on the form taken by each movement during the New Order period. The book assesses the contribution that nine progressive social movements have made to the democratization of Indonesia since the late 1980s, and how, in turn, each of those movements has been influenced by democratization.

Author : Cheng Chen,Meredith L. Weiss
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438477152

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The Political Logics of Anticorruption Efforts in Asia by Cheng Chen,Meredith L. Weiss Pdf

Examines the political dynamics behind anticorruption efforts in Asia. Focusing on Northeast and Southeast Asia—regions notable for political diversity, difficult environments for fighting corruption, and multifarious anticorruption outcomes—this book examines the political dynamics behind anticorruption efforts there. The contributors present case studies of the Philippines, Indonesia, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, South Korea, and China that explore the varying roles anticorruption efforts play in solidifying or disputing democratic and nondemocratic institutions and legitimacy, as well as the broader political and economic contexts that gave rise to these efforts. Whether motivated by private interests, party loyalty, or political institutionalization, political actors shape the trajectories of anticorruption efforts by challenging their opponents over what constitutes corruption, what enables corruption, and how to combat corruption. Arguing that anticorruption strategy may be associated more closely with shifting bases of regime legitimacy than with regime type, the book sheds light on the divergent ways in which states control and respond to political elites and society at large, and on how citizens from across strata understand and engage with their states. “This book features excellent case studies rich in empirical detail, which provide robust pictures of the complex political contexts of anticorruption campaigns.” — Roselyn Hsueh, author of China’s Regulatory State: A New Strategy for Globalization