Communal Violence and Democratization in Indonesia

Communal Violence and Democratization in Indonesia
Author: Gerry van Klinken
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2007-01-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1134115334

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.

May 13

May 13
Author: Kia Soong Kua
Publisher:
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2007
Genre: Civil rights
ISBN:

Protest and Possibilities

Protest and Possibilities
Author: Meredith Leigh Weiss
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2006
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780804752954

This book examines a recent movement for political reform in Malaysia, contrasting the experience both with past initiatives in Malaysia and with a contemporaneous reform movement in Indonesia, to help us understand how and when coalitions unite reformers from civil and political societies, and how these coalitions engage with the state and society.

The Institutional Origins of Communal Violence

The Institutional Origins of Communal Violence
Author: Yuhki Tajima
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2014-07-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1139992287

Why are transitions from authoritarian rule often marked by spikes in communal violence? Through examining Indonesia's recent transition to democracy, this book develops a novel theoretical explanation for this phenomenon that also accounts for why some communities are vulnerable to violence during such transitions while others are able to maintain order. Yuhki Tajima argues that repressive intervention by security forces in Indonesia during the authoritarian period rendered some communities dependent on the state to maintain intercommunal security, whereas communities with a more tenuous exposure to the state developed their own informal institutions to maintain security. As the coercive grip of the authoritarian regime loosened, communities that were more accustomed to state intervention were more vulnerable to spikes in communal violence until they developed informal institutions that were better adapted for less state intervention. To test the theory, Tajima employs extensive fieldwork in, and rigorous statistical evidence from, Indonesia as well as cross-national data.

Chinese Village Politics in the Malaysian State

Chinese Village Politics in the Malaysian State
Author: Judith Strauch
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 220
Release: 1981
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780674125704

This study offers detailed analysis of the manipulative strategies of local rivals active over several decades in the competition for local status and power.

The Weight of Our Sky

The Weight of Our Sky
Author: Hanna Alkaf
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2021-04-27
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1534426094

Amidst the Chinese-Malay conflict in Kuala Lumpur in 1969, sixteen-year-old Melati must overcome prejudice, violence, and her own OCD to find her way back to her mother.

Authoritarian Populism in Malaysia

Authoritarian Populism in Malaysia
Author: A. Munro-Kua
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 219
Release: 1996-11-13
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0230379915

Socio-economic and political issues are dealt with selectively within a chronological historical framework, covering the dramatic colonial impact of 1940-60 until the present day. The state is examined from the point of view of social class as well as communalism, to explain the dominance of the ruling coalition over the 37 years since independence. The author argues that authoritarian-populism is the concept that best fits the apparent paradox of an enduring regime via the ballot box, and the extensive restrictions on the scope of democracy, particularly through the repressive apparatus of detention without trial. The underlying theme is a critique and explanation of Malaysia's human rights record.

Conflict And Violence In Singapore And Malaysia, 1945-1983

Conflict And Violence In Singapore And Malaysia, 1945-1983
Author: Richard Clutterbuck
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2019-04-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 042971789X

Is there a risk that Malaysia's racial mixture and its weighted political and economic structures could again explode into the kind of violence which, in 1969, was only just prevented from setting the whole country on fire? And has Singapore's success been bought at a price in civil liberties too high for its health in the future? Four years of th