In the first study of the kind, Susan Blackburn examines how Indonesian women have
engaged with the state since they began to organise a century ago. Voices from the …

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 …

In mid-May 1998 brutal violence raged through Jakarta, Solo, Medan and other cities of
Indonesia. Most victims of the massive property destruction were Indonesians of Chinese …

(Un) Civil Society and Political Change in Indonesia provides critical analysis of Indonesia's
civil society and its impact on the country's democratization efforts that does not only take the …

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 …

Throughout the postwar history of Indonesia, the military have played a key role in the
politics of the country and in imposing unity on a fragmentary state. The collapse of the …

This book explains the exceptional nature of the East Timor intervention of 1999, and deals
with the background to the trusteeship role of the UN in building the new polity. All of these …

Realpolitik Ideology presents path-breaking research on the Indonesian military (TNI) going
beyond traditional scholarship on the TNI's dual function or dwifungsi which has been one of …

Taking stock of the state of knowledge on East Timor since the UN intervention of 1999, this
article traces the rise of a hegemonic discourse especially around development issues …

The United States is the world's leading foreign aid donor. Yet there has been little inquiry
into how such assistance affects the politics and societies of recipient nations. Drawing on …