How did democracy became entrenched in the world's largest Muslim-majority country? After the fall of its authoritarian regime in 1998, Indonesia pursued an unusual course of democratization. It was insider-dominated and gradualist and it involved free elections before a lengthy process of constitutional reform. At the end of the process, Indonesia's amended constitution was essentially a new a…
An exploration of the relationship between possession and legalization across Indonesia, and how people navigate dispossessionThe old aphorism “possession is nine-tenths of the law” is particularly relevant in Indonesia, which has seen a string of regime changes and a shifting legal landscape for property claims. Ordinary people struggle to legalize their possessions and claim rights in c…
Demokrasi di Indonesia merupakan hasil dari proses sejarah dan politik yang panjang. Perkembangan demokrasi di dunia secara umum, hingga khususnya di Indonesia, di mulai dari pengertian dan konsepsi demokrasi itu sendiri menurut para tokoh dan founding fathers Kemerdekaan Indonesia, terutama Soekarno, Mohammad Hatta, dan Soetan Sjahrir. Perkembangan demokrasi di Indonesia sendiri dimulai dari m…
Two decades after Indonesia's transition to democracy, its labor movement has emerged as a vibrant and influential political actor. Labor and Politics in Indonesia provides the first in-depth analysis of this development, investigating how a structurally weak labor movement carved out a strategic foothold in a country with no recent history of union engagement in politics. Caraway and Ford show…
We are all capitalists now. For the first time in human history, the world is dominated by one economic system. At some level capitalism has triumphed because it works: it delivers prosperity and gratifies our desire for autonomy. But this comes at a moral price, pushing us to treat material success as the ultimate goal, and offers no guarantee of stability. While Western liberal capitalism cre…
What are the most important differences among national economies? Is globalization forcing nations to converge on an Anglo-American model? What explains national differences in social and economic policy? This pathbreaking work outlines a new approach to these questions. It highlights the roleof business in national economies and shows that there is more than one path to economic success. The …
This book explores the intimate marital relationships of Indonesian Muslim married women. As well as describing and analysing their sexual relationships, the book also investigates how Islam influences discourses of sexuality in Indonesia, and in particular how Islamic teachings affect Muslim married women’s perceptions and behaviour in their sexual relationships with their husbands. Based on…
"Gagasan Keindonesiaan dan Kepemimpinan dari Para Tokoh yang Turut Membentuk Wajah Indonesia Masa Kini
Judul Asli: Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty.Alih Bahasa: Arif SubiyantoBuku ini menjawab pertanyaan para pakar selama berabad-abd: Kenapa ada negara kaya dan miskin, kenapa harus ada jurang pemisah berupa kemakmuran dan kemelaratan, rakyat yang sehat dan sakit-sakitan, rakyat yang kenyang dan mereka yang dikecam kelaparan?Benarkah perbedaan itu disebabkan ole…
It is a widespread view that democracy and the advanced nation-state are in crisis, weakened by globalization and undermined by global capitalism, in turn explaining rising inequality and mounting populism. This book, written by two of the world’s leading political economists, argues this view is wrong: advanced democracies are resilient, and their enduring historical relationship with capita…