Sebuah buku penting bagi mereka yang tertarik pada bagaimana landscape kebudayaan manusia, terutama di Amerika, telah mengalami pergeseran besar selama tiga dekade terakhir dalam struktur sosialnya; kriminalitas berkecamuk, kepercayaan menipis, keluarga berantakan dan individualisme mengalahkan komunitas. Pergeseran besar tersebut disebut Francis Fukuyama The Great Disruption. Telahkah ini meng…
Francis Fukuyama, seorang akademisi, komentator politik, dan penasihat pemerintah Amerika Serikat, benar-benar telah menggemparkan dunia politik internasional ketika awal tahun 1990-an mendeklarasikan telah berakhirnya sejarah. Dengan tegas dia menyatakan bahwa runtuhnya Soviet dan ambruknya tembok Berlin adalah dua diantara sekian banyak pertanda signifikan telah terjadinya perubahan dramatis …
China's rise and stepped-up involvement in Southeast Asia have prompted a blend of anticipation and unease among its smaller neighbors. The stunning growth of China has yanked up the region's economies, but its militarization of the South China Sea and dam building on the Mekong River has nations wary about Beijing's outsized ambitions. Southeast Asians long felt relatively secure, relying on…
Francis Fukuyama, penulis buku fenomenal The End of History and the Last Man, kembali dengan karya terbarunya yang mengusung isu politik identitas. Menurutnya, setiap individu memiliki dorongan untuk dihormati dan diakui. Hasrat manusia akan pengakuan yang berakar kuat telah menjadi penyebab tirani, konflik, dan perang. Buku ini juga menunjukkan bagaimana pengakuan universal dalam konsep demokr…
Indonesia has long been hailed as a rare case of democratic transition and persistence in an era of global democratic setbacks. But as the country enters its third decade of democracy, such laudatory assessments have become increasingly untenable. The stagnation that characterized Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's second presidential term has given way to a more far-reaching pattern of democratic regr…
Prosperity and Violence considers the history of human civilization and explains the origins of the modern state, focusing on the evolution of capitalism as cultures move from dispersed agrarian clans to the dense modern metropolis. Informed by firsthand experience with the political and economic development of many diverse cultures, Bates demonstrates how successful modern states harness ethni…
This Element argues that after twenty years of democratization, Indonesia has performed admirably. This is especially so when the country's accomplishments are placed in comparative perspective. However, as we analytically focus more closely to inspect Indonesia's political regime, political economy, and how identity-based mobilizations have emerged, it is clear that Indonesia still has many ch…
Since the mid-2000s, the quality of democracy around the world has been in decline, and Southeast Asia is no exception. This Element analyzes the extent, patterns and drivers of democratic deconsolidation in the three Southeast Asian countries that boast the longest history of electoral democracy in the region: Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand. While the exact deconsolidation outcomes di…
Civil-Military Relations in Southeast Asia reviews the historical origins, contemporary patterns, and emerging changes in civil–military relations in Southeast Asia from colonial times until today. It analyzes what types of military organizations emerged in the late colonial period and the impact of colonial legacies and the Japanese occupation in World War II on the formation of national arm…
This study of Southeast Asian media and politics explores issues of global relevance pertaining to journalism's relationship with political power. It argues that the development of free, independent, and plural media has been complicated by trends towards commercialisation, digital platforms, and identity-based politics. These forces interact with state power in complex ways, opening up politic…