[PDF] The State And Local Politics In Maluku In The New Order Indonesia eBook

Author : Tri Ratnawati
Publisher : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 38,28 MB
Release : 2010-03
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ISBN : 9783838335148

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The Soeharto government which ruled Indonesia from 1966 to 1998 was an interventionist state. Its intervention was felt elsewhere in the country, including in remote areas in Maluku (Moluccas) Province in Eastern Indonesia. The study focusses on relationships between adat (customary law), religion, and the state. It suggests that although adat and religion are resilient in facing with state intervention, the influence of the state is seen in nearly aspects of the villagers' lives such as education, family planning, and voting. It also concludes that the state intervention through the Law No.5 of 79 on Village Government, has an impact on the authority of the raja (Ambonese traditional local ruler) from an adat leader with a considerable autonomy, increasingly to become an administrative official. The analysis should help explaining of how local societies and local institutions attempted to resist state intervention in the New Order period, and should be worthwhile to researchers in local politics and local autonomy, as well as, local government officials. Key words: Adat, raja, religion, village government, New Order Government.

Author : Marcus Mietzner
Publisher :
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 48,79 MB
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN :

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This study discusses the process of military reform in Indonesia after the fall of Suharto?s New Order regime in 1998. The extent of Indonesia?s progress in this area has been the subject of heated debate, both in Indonesia and in Western capitals. Human rights organizations and critical academics, on the one hand, have argued that the reforms implemented so far have been largely superficial, and that Indonesia?s armed forces remain a highly problematic institution. Foreign proponents of military assistance to Indonesia, on the other hand, have asserted that the military has undergone radical change, as evidenced by its complete extraction from political institutions. This study evaluates the state of military reform eight years after the end of authoritarian rule, pointing to both significant achievements and serious shortcomings. Although the armed forces in the new democratic polity no longer function as the backbone of a powerful centralist regime and have lost many of their previous privileges, the military has been able to protect its core institutional interests by successfully fending off demands to reform the territorial command structure. As the military?s primary source of political influence and off-budget revenue, the persistence of the territorial system has ensured that the Indonesian armed forces have not been fully subordinated to democratic civilian control. This ambiguous transition outcome so far poses difficult challenges to domestic and foreign policymakers, who have to find ways of effectively engaging with the military to drive the reform process forward.This is the twenty-third publication in Policy Studies, a peer-reviewed East-West Center Washington series that presents scholarly analysis of key contemporary domestic and international political, economic, and strategic issues affecting Asia in a policy relevant manner.

Author : Edward Aspinall
Publisher : Flipside Digital Content Company Inc.
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 32,18 MB
Release : 2003-08-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9814515248

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Indonesia is experiencing an historic and dramatic shift in political and economic power from the centre to the local level. The collapse of the highly centralised Soeharto regime allowed long-repressed local aspirations to come to the fore. The new Indonesian Government then began one of the world's most radical decentralisation programmes, under which extensive powers are being devolved to the district level. In every region and province, diverse popular movements and local claimants to state power are challenging the central authorities.This book is the first comprehensive coverage on decentralisation in Indonesia. It contains contributions from leading academics and policy-makers on a wide range of topics relating to democratisation, devolution and the blossoming of local-level politics.

Author : David T. Hill
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 21,9 MB
Release : 2005-06-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1134450702

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The Internet in Indonesia’s New Democracy is a detailed study of legal, economic, political and cultural practices surrounding the provision and consumption of the Internet in Indonesia at the turn of the twenty-first century. Hill and Sen detail the emergence of the Internet into Indonesia in the mid-1990s, and cover its growth through the dramatic economic and political crises of 1997 and the subsequent transition to democracy. Conceptually the Internet is seen as a global phenomenon, with global implications, however this book develops a way of thinking about the Internet within the limits of geo-political categories of nations and provinces. The political turmoil in Indonesia provides a unique context in which to understand the specific local and national consequences of a global, universal technology.

Author : Isbandi Rukminto Adi
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 33,76 MB
Release : 2017-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1351819143

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The book contains essays on current issues in Social and Political Sciences, such as the issues of governance and social order; social development and community development; global challenges and inequality; civil society and social movement; IT-based community and social transformation; poverty alleviation and corporate social responsibility; and gender issues. Asia and the Pacifi c are the particular regions that the conference focuses on as they have become new centers of social and political development. Therefore, this book covers areas that have been traditionally known as the social and political areas such as communication studies, political studies, governance studies, criminology, sociology, social welfare, anthropology and international relations.

Author : Angel Rabasa
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 28,46 MB
Release : 2002-12-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0833034022

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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 : Harold A. Crouch
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 37,6 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9812309209

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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 : Angel Rabasa
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 41,99 MB
Release : 2001-07-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0833032402

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Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous country, is undergoing a profound transformation that could lead to a variety of outcomes, from the consolidation of democracy to return to authoritarianism or military rule, to radical Islamic rule, or to violent disintegration. The stakes are high, for Indonesia is the key to Southeast Asian security. The authors examine the trends and dynamics that are driving Indonesia's transformation, outline possible strategic futures and their implications for regional stability, and identify options the United States might pursue in the critical challenge of influencing Indonesia's future course. Steps the United States might take now include support for Indonesia's stability and territorial integrity, reestablishment of Indonesian-U.S. military cooperation and interaction, aid in rebuilding a constructive Indonesian role in regional security, and support for development of a regional crisis reaction force. A continued strong U.S. presence in the Asia-Pacific region will reinforce the U.S. role as regional balancer.

Author : Adam Schwarz
Publisher : Council on Foreign Relations
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 22,52 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780876092477

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This book responds to the critical need of policymakers, practitioners, and scholars for current research on Indonesia.