Prior to its amendement, the 1945 Constitution had prevailed as the state constitution of The Republic of Indonesia for three periods, namely in the early years of independence from 1945 to 1949, and was subsequently superseded by the RIS Constitution and 1950 Provisional Constitution.(see full in book...)
Ada gejala yang menimpa mereka pengkritik-kapitalisme. Tidak tertarik untuk menyoal institusi-institusi hasil konstruksi kapitalisme. Mereka lebih suka menggeluti pandangan teologis semacam teologi pembebasan ketimbang melakukan kritik atas IMF, World Bank, ADB, dan MDBs lainnya. Padahal lewat institusi-institusi itulah kapitalisme global bekerjasama dengan elit pemerintahan korup, telah menjer…
English version of Wirtschaftliche Leistungsfa?higkeit, sozialer Zusammenhalt und o?kologische Nachhaltigkeit : drei Ziele - ein Weg / Zukunftskommission der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.Thinking about the future has become fashionable. There is no shortage of studies, analyses and commission, with a great diversity of subjects, time horizons, scope and degree of specialisation. Therefore, the f…
Namanya Suminah, 26 tahun, dari Mojokerto, jawa Timur. Ia telah bekerja sebagai buruh tetap di sebuah pabrik meubel selama lebih dari delapan tahun, hingga tahun lalu sebelum statusnya diubah, menjadi 'buruh kontrak' bersama dengan lebih 200 buruh lainnya. Apa alasanya? Boss pabrik mengatakan bahwa pabrik harus fleksibel dalam proses produksinya sehingga pemodalnya tidak lari. Apa bedanya perub…
Southeast Asia is a field of dreams. In a far flung village a mother dreams that the baby in her arm will one day be a leader. The schoolboy poring over his book dreams that he will be a doctor. Or an engineer. The workingman trudging home from the factory dreams of sending a daughter through college. The clerck at his desk dreams of security in retirement. All sorts of dreams, one of which is …
What does ASEAN have to do with the workingman with a family to support? Or with the young person fresh out of college and out looking for a job? Or with the school dropout trying hard to learn a skill so he can earn a living? What does ASEAN have to do with you?(see full in book...)
Walaupun praktik demokrasi di Indonesia belum berjalan sebagaimana mestinya, tetapi diskursus mengenai demokrasi telah jauh berkembang, sehingga diskusi mengenai demokrasi tidak cukup lagi dengan bahasa umum yang abstrak. Saat ini diperlukan pembahasan yang lebih elaboratif, menelaah semua elemen yang membentuknya, seperti civil society.(see full in book...)
.......... Kalau Makasar di Bom, yang jadi korban satu warga Ansor dan satu warga Muhammadiyah yang sedang berbuka puasa. Jadi caranya ini ngawur, ..................yang begini harus diberesin.................... K.H.A HASYIM MUZADI (PBNU).......... Paham radikal yang berkembang dalam kehidupan masyarakat kita, bukan merupakan masalah yang perlu dit…
1995 was a turning points for the world’s workers and their trade unions, heralding a labour come-back. One important sign of this change was the founding of a new industrial trade union international, the 20 million strong International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers’ Unions (ICEM). Declaring itself ‘the forerunner of the new global institutions of labour’...…
Understanding women in Islam : an Indonesian perspective critically explores gender-biased discourse within Islamic jurisprudence. It also elucidates matters seldom discussed in the Qur’an and proposes a way out from the current methodological deadlock regarding women’s position in Islam.(see full in book...)