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Routledge
304 Pages
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Routledge
304 Pages
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Routledge
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Throughout the postwar history of Indonesia, the military have played a key role in the politics of the country and in imposing unity on a fragmentary state. The collapse of the authoritarian New Order government of President Suharto weakened the state and the armed forces briefly lost their grip on control of the archipelago. However, under President Megawati, the military has again begun to... Read more
Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Context, Continuity and Change Chapter 3. The Functional Structure of the TNI Chapter 4. Factions, Reform and Reassertion Chapter 5. The Political Economy of the TNI Chapter 6. The More Things Change... References
Biography
Damien Kingsbury is Head of Philosophical, International and Political Studies and Senior Lecturer in International Development at Deakin University, Victoria, Australia. He is the author of several books, including The Politics of Indonesia (2nd ed., 2002), South-East Asia: A Political Profile (2001) and Indonesia: The Uncertain Transition (2001). His main area of work is in political development, in particular in assertions of self-determination.
'deserves a wide audience. Kingsbury's volume is especially helpful since it can either be read as a book or dipped into via its helpful index and glossary as a kind of encyclopaedia.' - ASEASUK News
'As an overview into the role of the Indonesian armed forces both in its military, political and economic activities, Kingsbury's study is a valuable contribution ... .' - Journal of Malaysian Studies
