State of Authority: State in Society in Indonesia

by Joshua Barker

Book Overview

A major realignment is taking place in the way we understand the state in Indonesia. New studies on local politics, ethnicity, the democratic transition, corruption, Islam, popular culture, and other areas hint at novel concepts of the state, though often without fully articulating them. This book captures several dimensions of this shift. One reason for the new thinking is a fresh wind that has altered state studies generally. People are posing new...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087727780X
• ISBN13: 9780877277804
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Southeast Asia Program Publications
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.2" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher