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The People’s Chief Minister: Lim Guan Eng
The story of Lim Guan En g is, in a way, a microcosm of Malaysian politician history. He was born in 1960 and took the plunge into the world of politics in the ’80s. Most of his adult life was spent fighting for a more just and democratic Malaysi…
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- 9789839820614
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- 168 pages :color illustrations ;21 cm
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- 923.2
Man of Contradictions: A Lowy Institute
From a riverside shack to the presidential palace, Joko Widodo surged to the top of Indonesian politics on a wave of hope for change. However, six years into his presidency, the former furniture maker is struggling to deliver the reforms that Indonesia desperately needs. Despite promising to build Indonesia into an Asian powerhouse, Jokowi, as he is known, has faltered in the face of crises, fr…
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- 9781760897246
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- 180p., 18 cm
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- 959.804092
The Right to Differ: A biographical sketch of Lim Kit Siang
Notes Includes the new documentary DVD Life and Times of Lim Kit Siang, Title of accompanying DVD: A Malaysian dream. LIM KIT SIANG has been on the forefront of Malaysian politics ever since the Democratic Action Party was registered in 1966. Despite being incarcerated without trial on two occasions- in 1967 and 1987 – for a total of three years, he remains a major political figure stand…
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- 978-967-5942-06-8
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- xi, 180 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. + 1 DVD (4 3/4 in.)
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- 959.5092
Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X : Bukan Reformasi tapi Restorasi : menuju Indone…
Includes bibliographical references. Buku ini merupakan kajian mengenai sosok pribadi, lengkap dengan sejarah dan latar belakang, hingga sampai pada pencapaian pemikirannya.
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- 9789799781673
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- xxviii + 362 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
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The Thinkers of Social Democracy: 49 Portraits
Whether it be KArl Marx, August Bebel, Elisabeth Selbert, Willy Brandt or Paul Tillich; or whether it be mainstream party, the theory of surplus value of freedom, justice and solidarity - these crucial ideas, theories and concepts are ofteh closely linked to the people who conceived and promoted them. This book portrays 49 thinkers of social democracy: What sort of influence did they have on th…
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- 978380120482
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- 363p.: ill.; 21 cm.
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Lim Kit Siang: Defying the Odds
Lim Kit Siang has been fighting on the forefront of Malaysian politics since the late 1960s. Uncompromising in his mission to pull the country away from systemic race-based politics and all the ills that stem from the sustainment of these over five decades, he was jailed twice without trial. His persistence saw him and his followers well placed to participate in the surprising resurgence of pol…
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- 9789814516259
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- 243 p.; ill.; 23 cm.
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- 959.505092
From Third World to First : The Singapore Story, 1965-2000
In this second volume of his memoirs, Lee Kuan Yew begins by telling how he and a small group of Singaporean leaders banded together and, by "getting the basics right," transformed a poor and polyglot city into an astonishingly successful modern nation. Lee tells in crisp and polished prose how this group identified the key problems of nation-building, analyzed what needed to be done, and then…
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- 778 p.; ill.: 23 cm.
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Handbuch Indonesien
Indonesien ist für Deutschland und Europa wirtschaftlich, politisch und ökologisch zunehmend bedeutsam. Das südostasiatische Land gewinnt als Absatzund Investitionsmarkt für deutsche und europäische Unternehmen an strategischer Bedeutung und ist mit der weltweit größten muslimischen Bevölkerung von besonderer Relevanz für die globale Vermittlung der Vereinbarkeit islamischer und demokr…
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- 978-3-89502-394-1
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- 528 p.: ill.; map; 21 cm.
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Die Entzauberung Asiens: Europa und die asiatischen Reiche im 18. Jahrhundert
2. Auflage . Asien war eines der großen Themen der Aufklärungsepoche. Im 18. Jahrhundert wurden auch entlegene Teile Asiens bereist und erschlossen. Um 1780 waren die Gebildeten Europas über Asien hervorragend informiert. Asien wurde damals zugleich entzaubert und besser verstanden als in den Jahrhunderten davor. Für eine kurze Zeit wurden Araber, Inder, Perser oder Chinesen zu entfernten…
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- 978-3-406-59897-5
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- 574p.: 22 cm.
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A Magic Gecko : Peran CIA di Balik Jatuhnya Soekarno
Perjalanan dan pengalaman hidup Horst Henry Geerken selama 18 tahun (1963-1981) di Indonesia. Tentang perjalanan dinas sebagai kepala kantor perwakilan perusahaan telekomunikasi Jerman yang berubah menjadi perjalanan sejarah dari Sabang sampai Merauke. Ia menjadi saksi berbagai peristiwa politik dan ekonomi yang menegangkan, namun kadang juga jenaka, di Indonesia era 1960-an. Termasuk peristiwa…
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- 9789797095550
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- xvi + 407p.:23 cm
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