Power Politics and the Indonesian Military
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 authoritarian New Order government of President Suharto weakened the state and the armed forces briefly lost their grip on control of the archipelago. However, under President Megawati, the military has again begun to assert itself, and re-impose its heavy hand on control of the state, most notably in the fracturing outer provinces. Based on extensive original research, this book examines the role of the military in Indonesian politics. It looks at the role of the mil…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-134-43214-1
- EAN: 9781134432141
- Produktnummer: 18409928
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 304 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'409 KB
- Abbildungen: 1 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
Über den Autor
Damien Kingsbury is Head of Philosophical, International and Political Studies and Senior Lecturer in International Development at Deakin University, Victoria, Australia. He is the author of several books, including The Politics of Indonesia (2nd ed., 2002), South-East Asia: A Political Profile (2001) and Indonesia: The Uncertain Transition (2001). His main area of work is in political development, in particular in assertions of self-determination.
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