The Straits Philosophical Society & Colonial Elites in Malaya : : Selected Papers on Race, Identity and Social Order 1893-1915 / / ed. by Teck Ghee Lim, Charles Brophy.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2023 Part 2
• HerausgeberIn: Brophy, Charles,; Lim, Teck Ghee,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (474 p.)

On 17 April 2019, Indonesians marched to the polls to elect their president and vice president directly for the fourth time since 2004. The main contenders for the presidency—Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Prabowo Subianto—were the same as when they first clashed in 2014, and the result was the same. Some of the issues raised in 2014 were rehashed in 2019, and the geographical polarization of voters had deepened along the same fault lines. There is a case for arguing that 2019 was a replay of the 2014 elections, hence the title of this book. But “2.0” also signifies progression, since nothing is ever exactly the same. 2019 has seen the intensification of cyber-politics, and the curious outcome where former opponents on the electoral battlefield, as featured on the cover of this book, ended up as colleagues in the same cabinet. This volume provides incisive analyses of the dynamics of the elections from multiple perspectives, from what is new (cyber-politics) to what persists (identity politics), from the constituencies that cut across national demographics to the regions and their peculiarities. The insights drawn out in this volume will serve as a guide for understanding the next presidential and parliamentary elections in 2024 and beyond.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ABOUT THE EDITORS -- 1 Introduction -- I The Ideological Basis of Colonial Rule -- 2 DUTCH AND ENGLISH ADMINISTRATION IN THE EAST -- 3 THE INFLUENCE OF EUROPEANS ABROAD UPON NATIVE RACES -- 4 THE DOCTRINE OF THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST AS APPLIED TO MAN -- 5 THE DISADVANTAGES OF EDUCATION FOR THE LOWER CLASSES -- 6 EAST AND WEST -- 7 UTILITARIANISM -- 8 The Influence of Climate on Character -- II Governing the Colony: Race, Crime, Opium, and Law -- 9 ON THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ACTS -- 10 THE OPIUM PROBLEM IN THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS -- 11 THE RELATION OF THE OPIUM TRAFFIC TO LOCAL REVENUE -- 12 THE PREVENTION AND REPRESSION OF CRIME -- 13 THE APPLICATION OF ENGLISH LAW TO ASIATIC RACES With Special Reference to the Chinese -- 14 THE ADMINISTRATION OF LAW AND ORDER IN THE COLONY IN ITS EARLY YEARS -- 15 THE REFORMATION OF BRITISH MALAYA -- III The Colonial Order and the Chinese -- 16 CHINESE LOCAL TRADE -- 17 LOCAL EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS -- 18 OPIUM VERSUS ALCOHOL -- 19 THE CHINESE IN BRITISH MALAYA -- 20 THE CHINESE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT IN MALAYA -- 21 SOCIALISM AMONGST THE CHINESE -- IV Studying “the Malays” and their Religion -- 22 “LATAH” -- 23 CHRISTIANITY AND MOHAMMEDANISM -- 24 OUR DUTY TO THE MALAYS -- 25 The Future of the Malay Race -- 26 THE INFLUENCE OF MODERN CIVILIZATION ON THE MALAY -- 27 MOSLEM INFLUENCE ON THE MALAY RACE -- 28 MOHAMMEDANISM, AS REVEALED IN ITS LITERATURE -- Conclusion -- Index