Indonesia : : Towards Democracy / / Taufik Abdullah.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Abdullah, Taufik,
• MitwirkendeR: Abdullah, Taufik,; Gungwu, Wang,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (661 p.)

This book traces the beginning of the process of nation-formation, the struggle for independence, the hopeful beginning of the new nation-state of Indonesia only to be followed by hard and difficult ways to remain true to the ideals of independence. In the process Indonesia with its sprawling archipelago and its multi-ethnic and multi-religious nation has to undergo various types of crisis and internal conflicts, but the ideals that have been nurtured since the beginning when a new nation began to be visualized remain intact. Some changes in the interpretation may have taken place and some deviations here and there can be noticed but the literal meaning of the ideals continues to be the guiding light. In short this is a history of a nation in the continuing effort to retain the ideals of its existence.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One. The Formation of a Multi-ethnic Nation -- Chapter Two. War, Revolution, and the Nation State -- Chapter Three. Democracy and Problems of Integration -- Chapter Four. National Identity in a Revolutionary State -- Chapter Five. National Values in the Pancasila Democracy -- Chapter Six. The Greedy State and Its Nemeses -- Chapter Seven. Epilogue -- Chronology -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- THE AUTHOR