Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Indonesia

Informationen zum Autor Jacques Bertrand is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto. 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, Bertrand Jacques
• Assisted by: John Ravenhill (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2003
• EAN: 9780521818896
• ISBN: 978-0-521-81889-6
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 235 mm x 23 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