Explaining Collective Violence in Contemporary Indonesia [electronic resource] : From Conflict to Cooperation /
Tadjoeddin, Z.author.
Tadjoeddin uniquely explores four types of violent conflicts pertinent to contemporary Indonesia (secessionist, ethnic, routine-everyday and electoral violence), and seeks to discover what socio-economic development can do to overcome conflict and make the country's transition to democracy safe for its constituencies.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Setting the context: a study of Indonesia; Objective and approach; Conflict and cooperation in post-independent Indonesia; A brief tour of the book; 2 Conflict and Violence in Indonesia: A Background; Internal conflicts since independence; Crisis, transition and conflict; The case for the economics of conflict; A brief note on methodology; 3 Secessionist (Centre-Regional) Conflicts; Introduction; The conflicts; The economic origins; The decentralization response
A future resource curse?Conclusion; 4 Ethnic Violence; Introduction; Conflict and cooperation: a framework; A possible element of greed; Methodology; Results; Discussion and conclusion; 5 Routine-Everyday Violence; Introduction; Socio-economic development and routine violence; Population pressure and inequality; Decentralization and routine violence; Conclusion; 6 Local Electoral Violence; Introduction; Development, democracy and electoral conflict; Data and methodology; Analysis of regression results; Conclusion; 7 Conclusion; Main findings; Key policy messages; Some wider implications
Looking forwardNotes; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Tadjoeddin uniquely explores four types of violent conflicts pertinent to contemporary Indonesia (secessionist, ethnic, routine-everyday and electoral violence), and seeks to discover what socio-economic development can do to overcome conflict and make the country's transition to democracy safe for its constituencies.
Democracy.
Asia—Politics and government.
Peace.
Political economy.
International relations.
Political science.
Democracy.
Asian Politics.
Conflict Studies.
International Political Economy.
International Relations.
Political Science.