Rioting for Representation - Local Ethnic Mobilization in Democratizing Countries

Toha explains why ethnic groups engage in violence during political transition, and why and how this violence eventually declines.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Exclusion and violence during democratic transitions; 3. The emergence of identity-based cleavages in Indonesia; 4. Ethnic politics in Soeharto's new order regime; 5. Golkar's dominance and ethnic riots; 6. Micro dynamics of exclusion and riots; 7. How riots dissipated; 8. Conclusion; Glossary; References: Index.

About the author

Risa Toha is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Yale-NUS College in Singapore. Her work has focused on questions related to political violence, identity, and political economy, appearing in journals such as the British Journal of Political Science, Terrorism and Political Violence, and Journal of Contemporary Southeast Asia.

Summary

Incorporating new data from Indonesia and an array of methods, this book demonstrates that excluded ethnic groups mobilize violence during political transition in multi-ethnic settings to demand representation in local politics. Once these demands are met, violence dissipates.  For students and scholars of comparative politics and ethnic conflict.

Product details

• Authors: Risa J. Toha, Risa J. (National University of Singapore) Toha
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9781316518977
• ISBN: 978-1-316-51897-7
• No. of pages: 355
• Series: Problems of International Poli; Problems of International Politics
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education