Communal Violence and Democratization in Indonesia: Small Town Wars

by Gerry van Klinken

Book Overview

Through close scrutiny of empirical materials and interviews, this book uniquely analyzes all the episodes of long-running, widespread communal violence that erupted during Indonesia's post-New Order transition.

Indonesia democratised after the long and authoritarian New Order regime ended in May 1998. But the transition was far less peaceful than is often thought. It claimed about 10,000 lives in communal (ethnic and religious) violence,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415493978
• ISBN13: 9780415493970
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"