Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Indonesia

Informationen zum Autor Jacques Bertrand is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto. Klappentext Since the end of Suharto's long authoritarian rule in 1998! there has been a dramatic increase in the rise of ethnic and religious conflict in Indonesia. Jacques Bertrand argues that these conflicts were the result of the constraints imposed by Suharto's regime! which left the country unprepared for political and social change. Consequently! the very definition of the Indonesian nation and what it means to be Indonesian has come under scrutiny. The book is a major contribution to the understanding of religious and ethnic conflict in a complex and often misunderstood arena. Zusammenfassung Bertrand explores religious and ethnic conflict in Indonesia! arguing that its increase in recent years is the result of Suharto's long! authoritarian regime which left the country unprepared for change. The book is a major contribution to the understanding of conflict in an often misunderstood part of the world. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures and tables; Preface; Maps; 1. Introduction; 2. Critical junctures, nationalism and ethnic violence; 3. The national model and its institutional history; 4. Exclusion, marginality and the nation; 5. Islam and nation: the Muslim-Christian dimension; 6. The escalation of religious conflict; 7. Conflict in Maluku; 8. Late integration into the nation: East Timor; 9. Aceh's ethnonationalist conflict; 10. Autonomy as a solution to ethnic conflict; 11. Unity in diversity; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Jacques Bertrand, Bertrand Jacques
• Assisted by: James Cotton (Editor), John Ravenhill (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2004
• EAN: 9780521524414
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52441-4
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 228 mm x 17 mm
• Series: Cambridge Asia-Pacific Studies; Cambridge Asia-Pacific Studies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Ethnic Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, Nationalism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship, Indonesia, Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship, Armed Conflict, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity