Roots of Violence in Indonesia: Contemporary Violence in Historical Perspective
By Unknown Author.
Description
Jakarta, Sambas, Poso, the Moluccas, West Papua. These simple, geographical names have obtained strong associations with mass killing, just as Aceh and East Timor, where large-scale violence has flared up time and again. Lethal incidents between adjacent villages, or between a petty criminal and the crowd, take place throughout Indonesia. Indonesia is a violent country. Many Indonesia-watchers, both scholars and journalists, explain the violence in terms of the loss of the monopoly on the means of violence by the state since the beginning of the Reformasi in 1998. Others point at the omnipr...
ISBN(s)
9812301763, 9789812301765
