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Sejak dimulainya reformasi tahun 1998, Indonesia memasuki fase sejarah politik baru. Salah satunya adalah upaya “pemurnian” sistem demokrasi presidensial melalui amandemen konstitusi sejak tahun 1999 hingga 2002. Sebagian besar upaya pemurnian sistem demokrasi presidensial melalui amandemen UUD 1945 dapat dikatakan berhasil. Pelembagaan tiga prinsip pokok sistem presidensial terpenuhi, yakni (1) presiden dipilih untuk masa jabatan yang bersifat tetap; (2) presiden dipilih secara langsung oleh rakyat atau melalui dewan pemilih (electoral college); dan (3) presiden merupakan kepala eksekutif yang bersifat tunggal. Tiga prinsip tersebut tidak hanya telah dilembagakan melalui perubahan pasal...
Islamic powers in secular countries have presented a challenge for states around the world, including Indonesia, home to the largest Muslim population as well as the third largest democracy in the world. This book explores the history of the relationships between Islam, state, and society in Indonesia with a focus on local politics in Madura. It identifies and explains factors that have shaped and characterized the development of contemporary Islam and politics in Madura and recognizes and elucidates forms and aspects of the relationships between Islam and politics; between state and society; between conflicts and accommodations; between piety, tradition and violence in that area, and the fo...
Corrupt practices during the 1997 election in Indonesia.
Critics on the 1999 Indonesian general election system and its results, with references to Indonesian laws regarding with politics and local government autonomy.
Political conflict between president and legislative body in transition to democracy in Indonesia.
Ethnic conflict and riots in Aceh, Maluku, Papua & Riau provinces.
Steven Salaita’s ambitious and thought-provoking work compares the dynamics of settler colonialism in the United States related to Native Americans with the circumstances in Israel related to the Palestinians, revealing the way in which politics influences literary production. The author’s original approach is based not on similarities between the two disparate settler regions but rather on similarities between the rhetoric employed by early colonialists in North America and that employed by Zionist immigrants in Palestine. Meticulously examining histories, theories, and literary depictions of colonialism and its interethnic dialects, Salaita identifies the commonalities in the myths emp...
A powerful and essential anthology that sheds light on the status of women throughout the world Hailed by Alice Walker as “one of the most important human documents of the century,” this collection of groundbreaking essays examines the global status of women’s experiences, from oppression to persecution. Originally published in 1984, the compilation features pieces written by a diverse set of powerful women—journalists, politicians, grassroots activists, and scholars—from seventy countries. Author Robin Morgan, a champion of women’s rights herself, expertly weaves these inspiring essays into one comprehensive feminist text. These compelling “herstories” contain thoroughly researched statistics on the status of women throughout the world. Each chapter focuses on a different country and includes data on education, government, marriage, motherhood, prostitution, rape, sexual harassment, and sexual preference. Sisterhood Is Global transcends political systems and geographical boundaries to unite women and their experiences in a way that remains unequalled, even decades after its first publication.
‘It was believed that Dwita was born out of the confluence of three rivers of ancestry: the Takshaka (the king of snakes mentioned in the Indian epic Mahabharata, from her maternal grandparents), the Surya and the Chandra (the sun and the moon dynasties, from her paternal grandparents). Dwita was told by her mother in no uncertain terms that she had to live by family traditions and expectations. That is how life started for Dwita.’ The Onus of Ancestry: Destiny’s Mandate is about Dwita’s journey through life – her birth, special circumstances of her emergence, ancestry and heritage, and the people around her – those who loved her and those who did not, or could not, as destiny wa...