Communal violence and democratization in Indonesia small town wars /

• Main Author: Klinken, Geert Arend van.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.
• Series: Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series ; 15.
• Subjects: Since 1998; Communalism > Indonesia.; Ethnic conflict > Indonesia.; Political violence > Indonesia.; HISTORY.; Communalism.; Ethnic conflict.; Political science.; Political violence.; Indonesia > Politics and government > 1998-; Indonesia.; Electronic books.
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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.

Table of Contents:

• Why now? : temporal contexts
• Why here? : the town beyond Java
• Identity formation in West Kalimantan
• Escalation in Poso
• Mobilization in Ambon
• Polarization in North Maluku
• Actor constitution in Central Kalimantan
• Concluding reflections.