1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457228403321

Autore

Hill David T.

Titolo

Journalism and politics in Indonesia : a critical biography of Mochtar Lubis (1922-2004) as editor and author / / David T. Hill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-16913-6

1-135-16914-4

1-282-57596-1

9786612575969

0-203-86178-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; ; 63

Disciplina

070.41092

Soggetti

Authors, Indonesian - 20th century

Journalists - Indonesia

Electronic books.

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

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes; List of illustrations; Part I Early life; 1 Introduction; 2 Bureaucrat's son to nationalist intellectual; Part II The Sukarno period; 3 The 'press of political struggle': The first Indonesia Raya; 4 'Speaking to the World': Author and cultural figure; Part III The Suharto period; 5 The 'golden boy of the New Order': Indonesia Raya re-established; 6 Cultural broker under the New Order; Part IV Denouement; 7 The editor after Indonesia Raya; 8 Conclusion: A life recalled; Postscript: The objecti.cation of Mochtar Lubis; Notes

GlossaryBibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Mochtar Lubis was one of Indonesia's best-known newspaper editors, authors and cultural figures, with a national, regional and international prominence that he retained from the early 1950s until his recent death in 2004. This book traces the major events in the life of Mochtar Lubis, which is also a prism through which much of Indonesia's post-independence history can be interpreted.  This book is also the story of Indonesia in the second half of the twentieth century, when the people



of the archipelago became an independent nation, and when print media and the influential figures who cont

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450323903321

Titolo

Democracy and federalism in the European Union and the United States : exploring post-national governance / / edited by Sergio Fabbrini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

0-415-33392-X

1-134-31581-3

1-280-06290-8

9786610062904

0-203-41449-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FabbriniSergio

Disciplina

320.44049

Soggetti

Federal government - European Union countries

Federal government - United States - History

Democracy - European Union countries

Democracy - United States

Electronic books.

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

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; INTRODUCTION Why compare the EU and the US; 1 Is the EU exceptional The EU and the US in comparative perspective; 2 European federalism past resilience present problems; 3 The constitutionalization of the EU steps towards a supranational polity; 4 The emergence of the EU supranational polity and its implications for democracy; 5 Nation and federalism in the American historical experience a model for Europe; 6 Territory, electorates and markets in the US: the construction of democratic federalism and its implications for the EU

7 Citizens in American federalism locating accountability in a dispersed system8 Building a market without a state the EU in an American



perspective; 9 European polity building searching for legitimacy between economic and social Europe; 10 Is social capitalism exportable Considerations from the EU enlargement; 11 Post national democracy as post national democratization; 12 The EU and the challenge of a post national constitution; 13 Is international democracy possible A critical view; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The European Union - a supranational system with its own institutional characteristics and autonomy - has a structure and functional logic which are more similar to those of the US than those of European nation states. Yet, by and large, the EU and the US tend to be analyzed more as potential geopolitical and economic rivals or allies than compared as institutional peers. By bringing together some of the most influential political scientists and historians to compare the European and American experiences of federalism, Democracy and Federalism in the European Union and the United