Communal violence and democratization in Indonesia : small town wars / Gerry van Klinken.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klinken, Geert Arend van.

Series:

Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series ; 15.

Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series ; 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communalism.

Indonesia--Politics and government--1998-.

Indonesia.

Politics and government.

Communalism--Indonesia.

Ethnic conflict--Indonesia.

Ethnic conflict.

Political violence--Indonesia.

Political violence.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 180 pages : maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.

Summary:

Through close scrutiny of empirical materials and interviews, this book uniquely analyzes all the episodes of long-running, widespread communal violence that erupted during Indonesias post-New Order transition.Indonesia democratised after the long and authoritarian New Order regime ended in May 1998. But the transition was far less peaceful than is often thought. It claimed about 10,000 lives in communal (ethnic and religious) violence, and nearly as many as that again in separatist violence in Aceh and East Timor. Taking a comprehensive look at the communal violence that arose after the New Order regime, this book will be of interest to students of Southeast Asian studies, social movements, political violence and ethnicity.

Contents:

Why now? : temporal contexts

Why here? : the town beyond Java

Identity formation in West Kalimantan

Escalation in Poso

Mobilization in Ambon

Polarization in North Maluku

Actor constitution in Central Kalimantan

Concluding reflections.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [147]-175) and index.

ISBN:

0415417139

9780415417136

0203965116

9780203965115

OCLC:

70676562