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  • Indonesia

    The Great Transition

    Indonesia is in the midst of an epic transition as it moves from decades of authoritarian government to a new era of democratic opening, from years of secular government to a time of struggle over the role of Islam in public life, and from the breakdown of a "miracle" economy to a search for resilience in the face of global forces. In this timely work, leading scholars analyze the causes of the ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

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  • The Roots of Obama's Rage

    Critics of President Obama have attacked him as a socialist, an African-American radical, a big government liberal. But somehow the critics have failed to reveal what's truly driving Barack Obama. Now bestselling author Dinesh D’Souza throws out these misplaced attacks in his new book, The Roots of Obama’s Rage. The reason, explains D'Souza, that Obama appears to be working to destroy America from ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • A Short History of Indonesia

    The Unlikely Nation?

    by Colin Brown ...
    Islamic, authoritarian, democratic, developing, disintegrating, Indonesia is an enigma to outside observers who have never seemed sure just what it is.The largest country in its region, Indonesia holds the key to Southeast Asia's future, while recent developments (demands for greater regional autonomy, ethnic, political and religious conflict) are making the archipelago significant on the world ... Read more

    $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Blood and Silk

    Power and Conflict in Modern Southeast Asia

    Why are Southeast Asia's richest countries such as Malaysia riddled with corruption? Why do Myanmar, Thailand and the Philippines harbour unresolved violent insurgencies? How do deepening religious divisions in Indonesia and Malaysia, and China's growing influence, affect the region and the rest of the world?Thought-provoking and eye-opening, Blood and Silk is an accessible, personal look at ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Demokrasi

    Indonesia in the 21st Century

    Indonesia, a nation of thousands of islands and almost 250 million people, straddles the junction of the Pacific and Indian oceans. Current President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has presided over 6 per cent average yearly growth of its economy, to surpass $1 trillion. If this rate continues, Indonesia will join the world's ten biggest economies in a decade or so, just behind the so-called BRIC ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Power of Place: Geography, Destiny, and Globalization's Rough Landscape

    Geography, Destiny, and Globalization's Rough Landscape

    by Harm de Blij ...
    The world is not as mobile or as interconnected as we like to think. As Harm de Blij argues in The Power of Place, in crucial ways--from the uneven distribution of natural resources to the unequal availability of opportunity--geography continues to hold billions of people in its grip. We are all born into natural and cultural environments that shape what we become, individually and collectively. ... Read more

    $16.19 USD

  • Ethnic Relations in Malaysia: Conflict and Harmony

    With Malaysia in the throes of sweeping political change, academic turned political activist and presently, Senator from Selangor state to the Parliament, Dr Syed Husin Ali traces how ethnicity has been manipulated, since Independence, by Malaysian politicians for their own gain to the detriment of the masses. In articles spanning more than three decades, collected for the first time here, he ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Australia and Indonesia

    Can We Be Friends?; Australian Foreign Affairs 3

    Edited by Jonathan Pearlman ...
    Series Book 3 - Australian Foreign Affairs
    Australian Foreign Affairs is published three times a year and seeks to explore – and encourage – debate on Australia’s place in the world and global outlook."While we can never ignore Indonesia's potential as a threat, its potential as an ally is more important to us now than it has ever been." HUGH WHITEThe third issue of Australian Foreign Affairs examines the turbulent relationship between ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Money, Power, and Ideology

    Political Parties in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia

    Are political parties the weak link in Indonesia’s young democracy? More pointedly, do they form a giant cartel to suck patronage resources from the state? Indonesian commentators almost invariably brand the country’s parties as corrupt, self-absorbed, an ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Malaysian Politics Under Mahathir

    Series series Politics in Asia
    A hard-hitting and readable book which examines Mahathir's character, his ideas and policies and relates them to the social, economic and political setting inside Malaysia. Up until recently, high rates of economic growth and a striking reduction in poverty have been the hallmarks of this vibrant Tiger economy. Mahathir's success has now been placed in jeopardy by the recent economic crisis, and ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Islam in Indonesian Foreign Policy

    by Rizal Sukma ...
    Series series Politics in Asia
    This companion volume to the highly successful Islam in Malaysian Foreign Policy explores the extent to which foreign policy in the world's largest Muslim nation has been influenced by Islamic considerations. ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Politics in Malaysia

    The Malay Dimension

    Edited by Edmund Terence Gomez ...
    Series series Routledge Malaysian Studies Series
    Examining some of the most critical issues in Malaysian politics today, including human rights, law and democracy, gender and Islam, this book explores the contours of the contemporary landscape of Malaysian politics, focusing especially on politics among the majority ethnic Malay community.In particular, the book explains why changes in patterns of political mobilization and the rhetoric of the ... Read more

    $65.99 USD