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An edition of Indonesia (2012)

Indonesia

archipelago of fear

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This volume is a fascinating and at times unsettling journey into the world's most populous Muslim nation as it struggles to emerge from decades of dictatorship and the plunder of its natural resources. Andre Vltchek brings together more than a decade of investigative journalism in and around Indonesia to chart its recent history.

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Pluto Press
Language
English
Pages
263

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Indonesia: Archipelago of Fear
2012, Pluto Press
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Cover of: Indonesia
Indonesia: Archipelago of Fear
2012, Pluto Press
in English
Cover of: Indonesia
Indonesia: Archipelago of Fear
2012, Pluto Press
in English
Cover of: Indonesia
Indonesia: archipelago of fear
2012, Pluto Press
in English

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. From colony to dictatorship
Colonialism
Independence
The Sukarno era
Elites in Indonesian history
The coup of 1965
Genocide
The New Order
3. Extreme capitalism, Indonesian style
The illusion of economic success
The collapse of intellectual Indonesia
The aftermath of the Asian financial crisis
A fog of statistics
Poverty in Indonesia
Bali
Jakarta
Living in Jakarta
4. Democracy and human rights
The democracy of generals
How much does their vote really matter?
After Suharto stepped down
Giving in to the Almighty
How information is manipulated via the media
The legal system
Prisons, torture and extra-judicial killings
Women's rights
5. Jakarta bleeding the islands
Racism on the rise while there is no chance for independence
A neocolonial empire
Chinese exile
Genocide in Papua
Timor-Leste
Aceh
Kalimantan
6. Corruption kills
Suharto - the father of Indonesian corruption
Mud lake - tip of the corruption iceberg?
Some examples of corruption cases
If you are corrupt, go all the way
7.The environment, plundering of natural resources and consequent natural disasters
Filth and pollution
The River Musi and Palembang, Sumatra
North Sumatra
Aceh after the tsunami
Kalimantan
The Norwegian initiative
8. Collapse of infrastructure
Ferries sink
Airplanes crash
Terrible roads
Rotting trains
City transport problems
Inadequate services
9. Islam
Getting away with violence
Getting away with murder: the horror of Cikeusik
Temanggung
Pasuruan
The West, clerics and Indonesian Islam
10. Culture, education and intellectual life
Education
The arts
Artists and intellectuals
Remembering a lost culture
11. Indonesia's position in Southeast Asia
A big but destitute bully
A regional victim and victimizer
The region is benefiting from the Indonesian collapse
The region benefits from Indonesian corruption
Run if you can, but send money home
Comparing apples and rotten apples
12. Conclusion.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
959.8
Library of Congress
DS615 .V58 2012, DS644.5, DS644.5 .V58 2012

The Physical Object

Pagination
xx, 263 p.
Number of pages
263

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27137482M
ISBN 10
0745331998, 0745332005
ISBN 13
9780745331997, 9780745332000
OCLC/WorldCat
806637048

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