Power Politics and the Indonesian Military

Kingsbury, Damien

doi:10.4324/9780203987582

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“…The villagers then had no choice but to leave the area. Corporate elites and the Indonesian military-state apparatus have frequently drawn upon the police and armed forces (which until 1999 were under joint military command) to 'regulate' other economic zones in Indonesia (Ong, 2000;Kingsbury, 2003), and this was to be no exception. In the case of Bintan, media narratives quickly linked the demonstration to the issue of inadequate compensation for the land that had become the resort.…”

Section: Contesting the Bbir: Bbir Boundary Practicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Global City Frontiers: Singapore's Hinterland and the Contested Socio‐political Geographies of Bintan, Indonesia

Bunnell

Muzaini

Sidaway

2006

Int J Urban Regional Res

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Section: Contesting the Bbir: Bbir Boundary Practicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Global City Frontiers: Singapore's Hinterland and the Contested Socio‐political Geographies of Bintan, Indonesia

Bunnell

Muzaini

Sidaway

2006

Int J Urban Regional Res

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“…84 Hence, Indonesia's military, which plays a decisive role in the country's politics, is almost entirely focused on keeping these domestic tensions in check. 85 Meanwhile, for their economic security, Indonesians can rely on petroleum exports; thanks to oil, even the 1998 financial crisis only resulted in a single year of negative growth for Indonesia.…”

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Toward an International Relations Theory of National Innovation Rates

Taylor

2012

Security Studies

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The ability of nations to innovate technologically plays an important causal role in both security studies and international political economy. Explanations for national differences in technological capabilities, however, have had little place in international relations theory. This gap is partly the result of assumptions made by scholars that the rate and direction of technological change are determined by a state's domestic institutions and policies. This article will bring together recent findings about the political economy of technological innovation in order to show that much of this conventional wisdom is incorrect. Instead, it will be shown that, due to the distributive nature of technological change, different combinations of domestic tensions and external security concerns motivate elites to pursue or eschew a technologically competitive economy. Institutions are not causal, they are merely instrumental. Recent findings in the economic development literature therefore have important implications for security studies.Why are some countries more technologically innovative than others? This article will combine a review essay with theory development to offer a novel, security-based explanation for national differences in innovation rates. The primary independent variable is the balance of domestic tensions vs. external , and the editors and anonymous reviewers at Security Studies. 113 114 M. Z. Taylor

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“…While most argue that the military has largely withdrawn from having any influence in politics (Kingsbury, 2003;van Klinken, 2007;Mietzner, 2009), there is still some debate about the extent of the role of the military in Indonesian politics. For instance, Tomsa (2008) has argued that the influence of the military in politics or the lack thereof, is difficult to estimate.…”

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Critical Citizens: Attitudes towards Democracy in Indonesia and Malaysia

Pietsch

Clark

2015

Japanese Journal of Political Science

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In recent years much has been said about how new democracies are backsliding or have regressed since the turn of the century when hope and optimism about the future spread of democracy was widespread. However, ideas that democracy would spread were based on institutional and governance indicators rather than from the perspective of everyday citizens. When we look at public attitudes towards democracy during this period, we can see that such optimism was perhaps misplaced or premature. Drawing on findings from the AsiaBarometer and the World Values Survey, this research finds that public attitudes during this time were not overly convinced by democracy and certainly not yet satisfied with their government's performance in terms of providing basic democratic freedoms and independence.

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Power Politics and the Indonesian Military

Cited by 17 publications

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Global City Frontiers: Singapore's Hinterland and the Contested Socio‐political Geographies of Bintan, Indonesia

Global City Frontiers: Singapore's Hinterland and the Contested Socio‐political Geographies of Bintan, Indonesia

Toward an International Relations Theory of National Innovation Rates

Critical Citizens: Attitudes towards Democracy in Indonesia and Malaysia

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