Indonesia : archipelago of fear / Andre Vltchek ; foreword by Noam Chomsky.
2012
DS615 .V58 2012eb
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Title
Indonesia : archipelago of fear / Andre Vltchek ; foreword by Noam Chomsky.
Author
Vltchek, Andre.
ISBN
9781849647403 (electronic bk.)
1849647402 (electronic bk.)
9780745331997
0745331998
9780745332000
0745332005
9781849647427 (Kindle)
9781849647410 (ePub)
1849647410
9781849647410
1849647402 (electronic bk.)
9780745331997
0745331998
9780745332000
0745332005
9781849647427 (Kindle)
9781849647410 (ePub)
1849647410
9781849647410
Published
London : Pluto Press, 2012.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xx, 263 pages) : illustrations
Call Number
DS615 .V58 2012eb
System Control No.
(OCoLC)812174508
Summary
This volume is a fascinating and at times unsettling journey into the world's most populous Muslim nation as it struggles to emerge from decades of dictatorship and the plunder of its natural resources. Andre Vltchek brings together more than a decade of investigative journalism in and around Indonesia to chart its recent history.
Note
This volume is a fascinating and at times unsettling journey into the world's most populous Muslim nation as it struggles to emerge from decades of dictatorship and the plunder of its natural resources. Andre Vltchek brings together more than a decade of investigative journalism in and around Indonesia to chart its recent history.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
1. Introduction
2. From colony to dictatorship
Colonialism
Independence
The Sukarno era
Elites in Indonesian history
The coup of 1965
Genocide
The New Order
3. Extreme capitalism, Indonesian style
The illusion of economic success
The collapse of intellectual Indonesia
The aftermath of the Asian financial crisis
A fog of statistics
Poverty in Indonesia
Bali
Jakarta
Living in Jakarta
4. Democracy and human rights
The democracy of generals
How much does their vote really matter?
After Suharto stepped down
Giving in to the Almighty
How information is manipulated via the media
The legal system
Prisons, torture and extra-judicial killings
Women's rights
5. Jakarta bleeding the islands
Racism on the rise while there is no chance for independence
A neocolonial empire
Chinese exile
Genocide in Papua
Timor-Leste
Aceh
Kalimantan
6. Corruption kills
Suharto
the father of Indonesian corruption
Mud lake
tip of the corruption iceberg?
Some examples of corruption cases
If you are corrupt, go all the way
7. The environment, plundering of natural resources and consequent natural disasters
Filth and pollution
The River Musi and Palembang, Sumatra
North Sumatra
Aceh after the tsunami
Kalimantan
The Norwegian initiative
8. Collapse of infrastructure
Ferries sink
Airplanes crash
Terrible roads
Rotting trains
City transport problems
Inadequate services
9. Islam
Getting away with violence
Getting away with murder: the horror of Cikeusik
Temanggung
Pasuruan
The West, clerics and Indonesian Islam
10. Culture, education and intellectual life
Education
The arts
Artists and intellectuals
Remembering a lost culture
11. Indonesia's position in Southeast Asia
A big but destitute bully
A regional victim and victimizer
The region is benefiting from the Indonesian collapse
The region benefits from Indonesian corruption
Run if you can, but send money home
Comparing apples and rotten apples
12. Conclusion.
2. From colony to dictatorship
Colonialism
Independence
The Sukarno era
Elites in Indonesian history
The coup of 1965
Genocide
The New Order
3. Extreme capitalism, Indonesian style
The illusion of economic success
The collapse of intellectual Indonesia
The aftermath of the Asian financial crisis
A fog of statistics
Poverty in Indonesia
Bali
Jakarta
Living in Jakarta
4. Democracy and human rights
The democracy of generals
How much does their vote really matter?
After Suharto stepped down
Giving in to the Almighty
How information is manipulated via the media
The legal system
Prisons, torture and extra-judicial killings
Women's rights
5. Jakarta bleeding the islands
Racism on the rise while there is no chance for independence
A neocolonial empire
Chinese exile
Genocide in Papua
Timor-Leste
Aceh
Kalimantan
6. Corruption kills
Suharto
the father of Indonesian corruption
Mud lake
tip of the corruption iceberg?
Some examples of corruption cases
If you are corrupt, go all the way
7. The environment, plundering of natural resources and consequent natural disasters
Filth and pollution
The River Musi and Palembang, Sumatra
North Sumatra
Aceh after the tsunami
Kalimantan
The Norwegian initiative
8. Collapse of infrastructure
Ferries sink
Airplanes crash
Terrible roads
Rotting trains
City transport problems
Inadequate services
9. Islam
Getting away with violence
Getting away with murder: the horror of Cikeusik
Temanggung
Pasuruan
The West, clerics and Indonesian Islam
10. Culture, education and intellectual life
Education
The arts
Artists and intellectuals
Remembering a lost culture
11. Indonesia's position in Southeast Asia
A big but destitute bully
A regional victim and victimizer
The region is benefiting from the Indonesian collapse
The region benefits from Indonesian corruption
Run if you can, but send money home
Comparing apples and rotten apples
12. Conclusion.
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Print version: Vltchek, Andre. Indonesia. London : Pluto Press, 2012
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