Explaining Collective Violence in Contemporary Indonesia : From Conflict to Cooperation / / by Z. Tadjoeddin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910156232403321
• Autore: Tadjoeddin Z
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014
• ISBN: 1-349-44443-X; 1-137-27064-0
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2014.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Collana: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific, , 2662-222X
• Disciplina: 303.609598
• Soggetti: Democracy; Asia—Politics and government; Peace; Political economy; International relations; Political science; Asian Politics; Conflict Studies; International Political Economy; International Relations; Political Science; Indonesia Social conditions; Indonesia Economic conditions; Indonesia Politics and government
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Setting the context: a study of Indonesia; Objective and approach; Conflict and cooperation in post-independent Indonesia; A brief tour of the book; 2 Conflict and Violence in Indonesia: A Background; Internal conflicts since independence; Crisis, transition and conflict; The case for the economics of conflict; A brief note on methodology; 3 Secessionist ; (Centre-Regional) Conflicts; Introduction; The conflicts; The economic origins; The decentralization response; A future resource curse?Conclusion; 4 Ethnic Violence; Introduction; Conflict and cooperation: a framework; A possible element of greed; Methodology; Results; Discussion and conclusion; 5 Routine-Everyday Violence; Introduction; Socio-economic development and routine violence; Population pressure and inequality; Decentralization and routine violence; Conclusion; 6 Local Electoral Violence; Introduction; Development, democracy and electoral conflict; Data and methodology; Analysis of regression results; Conclusion; 7 Conclusion; Main findings; Key policy messages; Some wider implications; Looking forwardNotes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Tadjoeddin uniquely explores four types of violent conflicts pertinent to contemporary Indonesia (secessionist, ethnic, routine-everyday and electoral violence), and seeks to discover what socio-economic development can do to overcome conflict and make the country's transition to democracy safe for its constituencies.