1st Edition

Rebellion and Reform in Indonesia Jakarta's security and autonomy polices in Aceh

By Michelle Ann Miller Copyright 2009
240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Armed separatist movements in Papua, East Timor and Aceh have been a serious problem for Indonesia's central government. This book examines the policies of successive Indonesian governments to contain secessionist forces, focusing in particular on Jakarta's response towards the armed separatist movement in Aceh. Unlike other studies of separatism in Indonesia, this book concentrates on the... Read more

Administrative Map of Aceh  1. Introduction  Part 1: Bacharuddin Yusuf Habibie  2. New Regime, New Security Strategy?  3. Decentralization: An Exclusive Affair Part 2: Abdurrahman Wahid  4. Persuasion and Repression  5. Search for a Special Autonomy Solution  Part 3: Megawati Sukarnoputri  6. An Authoritarian Past Revisited  7. The NAD law: Reasons for its Failure  Part 4: Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono  8. Waves of Reform  9. A Rebel Government  10. Conclusion

Biography

Michelle Ann Miller is a postdoctoral fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore. She previously taught at Charles Darwin University and Deakin University. Her research interests include Indonesian/South-East Asian politics, political development, decentralization, democratization, security sector reform, state and nation-building, capacity-building, and civil and political rights.