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This book argues that understanding global urbanism in the twenty-first century requires us to cast our gaze upon vast city-regions without an urban core.
For decades almost the only social scientists who visited Indonesia’s provinces were anthropologists. Anybody interested in politics or economics spent most of their time in Jakarta, where the action was. Our view of the world’s fourth largest country threatened to become simplistic, lacking that essential graininess. Then, in 1998, Indonesia was plunged into a crisis that could not be understood with simplistic tools. After 32 years of enforced stability, the New Order was at an end. Things began to happen in the provinces that no one was prepared for. Democratization was one, decentralization another. Ethnic and religious identities emerged that had lain buried under the blanket of the...
Il y a dans l'islam une relation étroite entre les voyages et l'acquisition du savoir. Cet ouvrage analyse le rôle que l'Université et la mosquée al-Azhar (l'un des plus importants centres d'enseignement religieux de l'islam) ont joué et jouent toujours dans la formation des groupes intellectuels, politiques et religieux les plus influents de l'Indonésie ; il étudie plus précisément les échanges d'étudiants musulmans entre l'Indonésie et l'Égypte.
Using current socio-political thought and research, this book examines topics such as violence, social and political transition, race and racism, and sexualities. Theoretical and empirical research are related to topical problems, highlighting the complex relations of individuals to their societies and to one another. The histories and complexities of problems and their interconnectedness are examined, and possible solutions are suggested. Special attention is paid to class, sexuality, gender, and race, making psychology in general, and social psychology in particular, relevant and exciting.
Hampir satu dekade setelah peristiwa pada tahun 1998 yang penuh pergolakan itu, beberapa dari perubahan-perubahan yang dengan tergesa-gesa diperkenalkan itu ternyata hanya berumur pendek. Partai politik Orde Baru Golkar kembali berkuasa pada tahun 2004. Begitu pula seorang mantan jenderal di istana kepresidenan. Desentralisasi juga dimundurkan kembali sampai sejauh tertentu. Keamanan telah membaik. Buku ini adalah hasil dari sebuah proyek penelitian dua tahun.yang didasarkan pada Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV), dan diberi judul ‘Renegotiating boundaries; Local politics in post-Suharto Indonesia’ Penelitian ini mempersatukan 24 peneliti internasional - terutama dari Indonesia dan Belanda, tetapi juga dari Amerika Serikat, Australia, Jerman, Kanada, dan Portugal.
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