INDONESIA - A Country Study
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INDONESIA
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Preface
COUNTRY PROFILE
COUNTRY
GEOGRAPHY
SOCIETY
ECONOMY
TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
NATIONAL SECURITY
Introduction
Chapter 1. Historical Setting
EARLY HISTORY
The Spread of Indian Civilization
Indianized Empires
THE COMING OF ISLAM
EUROPEAN INTRUSIONS
The United East India Company
The Dutch on Java, 1619-1755
VOC Bankruptcy and the British Occupation
THE NETHERLANDS INDIES EMPIRE
The Java War and Cultivation System
Dutch Expansion in Sumatra and the Eastern Archipelago
Colonial Economy and Society, 1870-1940
THE GROWTH OF NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS
The Ethical Policy
Early Political Movements
Sukarno and the Nationalist Movement
WORLD WAR II AND THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE, 1942-50
The Japanese Occupation, 1942-45
The National Revolution, 1945-50
INDEPENDENCE: THE FIRST PHASES, 1950-65
Guided Democracy
Years of Living Dangerously
Sukarno's Foreign Policy
The Coup and its Aftermath
THE NEW ORDER UNDER SUHARTO
The State and Economic Development
The Pancasila and Political Parties
Territorial Continuity: Irian Jaya and East Timor
Foreign Policy under Suharto
Chapter 2. The Society and Its Environment
THE GEOGRAPHIC CONTEXT
Geographic Regions
Climate
Environmental Concerns
National Territory: Rights and Responsibilities
THE EMERGING FRAMEWORK FOR THE INDONESIAN NATION
Population
Urbanization
Migration
SOCIAL CLASSES
RELIGION AND WORLDVIEW
Islam
Christianity
Hinduism
Buddhism
THE EMERGING NATIONAL CULTURE
Living Environments
Language
Food, Clothing, and Popular Culture
SOURCES OF LOCAL IDENTIFICATION
Tradition and Multiethnicity
Javanese
Sundanese
Balinese
Peoples of Sumatra
Acehnese
Batak
Minangkabau
Ethnic Minorities
Toraja
Dayak
Weyewa
Tanimbarese
Asmat
Chinese
EDUCATION
Primary and Secondary Education
Islamic Schools
Higher Education
HEALTH
Services and Infrastructure
Government Support
Traditional and Modern Health Practices
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Pharmaceuticals
Public Sanitation
Chapter 3. The Economy
ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
The Politics of Economic Reform
Financial Reform
Trade and Industrial Reform
GOVERNMENT FINANCE
Central Government Budget
Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy
FOREIGN AID, TRADE, AND PAYMENTS
Aid and Trade Policies
Direction of Trade
EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME
AGRICULTURE
Development Trends
Land Use and Ownership
Economic Benefits and the Transmigration Program
Food Crops
Rice
Corn and other Food Crops
Estate Crops
Livestock
Fishing
Forestry
INDUSTRY
New Order Developments
Foreign Inputs
Small-scale Industry
Regional Industrial Development
MINERALS
Petroleum, Liquefied Natural Gas, and Coal
Petroleum
Liquefied Natural Gas
Coal
Other Minerals
Tin
Nickel
Copper
Gold
Bauxite
INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES
Transportation
Roads
Shipping
Civil Aviation
Railroads
Post and Telecommunications
Electric Power
Chapter 4. Government and Politics
THE POLITICAL DEBATE
THE CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
THE STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT
Legislative Bodies
People's Consultative Assembly (MPR)
House of People's Representatives (DPR)
The Executive
The President
The Cabinet
The Supreme Advisory Council and the State Audit Board
The Judiciary
Local Government
Aceh
Irian Jaya
East Timor
POLITICAL CULTURE
Traditional Political Culture
Islamic Political Culture
Modern Political Culture
Pancasila: The State Ideology
THE POLITICAL PROCESS
Political Parties
The Multiparty System
Golkar
United Development Party (PPP)
Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI)
Elections
Political Dynamics
Openness
Islam
ABRI
Nongovernment Organizations (NGOs)
THE MEDIA
FOREIGN POLICY
Political Considerations
Human Rights and Foreign Policy
Participation in ASEAN
Indonesia, ASEAN, and the Third Indochina War
Relations with Neighboring Nations
Papua New Guinea
Singapore and Malaysia
Australia
The Philippines
Relations with East Asia
China
Japan
Relations with the United States
Chapter 5. National Security
THE PURSUIT OF PUBLIC ORDER
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
THE ARMED FORCES IN THE NATIONAL LIFE
Political and Administrative Role
Participation in the Economy
National Defense and Internal Security
Total People's Defense
East Timor
Southeast Asia
Defense Spending and Defense Industry
Personnel
Leadership Transition
ORGANIZATION AND EQUIPMENT OF THE ARMED FORCES
Administrative and Command Structure
Military Education
The Army
The Navy
The Air Force
The National Police
Conditions of Service
Women in the Armed Forces
Uniforms, Ranks, and Insignia
FOREIGN MILITARY RELATIONS
SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
Crime and Political Offenses
Criminal Law
The Administration of Criminal Justice
The Penal System
Narcotics and Counternarcotics Operations
Appendix. Tables
Bibliography
Glossary