1st Edition
Violent Conflicts in Indonesia Analysis, Representation, Resolution
Indonesia is currently affected by many serious conflicts which have arisen as a result of a variety of ethnic, religious and regional tensions.
Presenting important new thinking on violent conflict in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation, this book examines a selection of conflicts in detail and discusses the nature of violence and the reasons behind violent outbreaks. Chapters include analysis of conflicts in Aceh, East Timor, Maluku, Java, West Kalimantan, West Papua and elsewhere. The contributors provide analysis of political, ethnic and nationalistic killings, with a concentration on the post-Suharto era. The book goes on to examine vital questions concerning the way in which violence in Indonesia is represented in the media, and explores ways in which violent conflicts could be resolved or prevented. The last section turns the focus onto victims of violence and forms of justice and retribution.
Part 1. Violence and the State 1 Violence: Analysis, Representation and Resolution Charles A. Coppel 2 From Soepomo to Prabowo: Law, Violence and Corruption in the Preman State Tim Lindsey Part 2. Regions of Violence: Recent Violence in Java 3 'Eventing' the May 1998 Affair: Problematic Representations of Violence in Contemporary Indonesia Sai Siew Min 4 Discursive Violence on the Internet and the May 1998 Riots Elaine Tay 5 The 'Other' May Riots: Anti-Chinese Violence in Solo, May 1998 Jemma Purdey 6 The Killings of Alleged Sorcerers in South Malang: Conspiracy, Ninjas or 'Community Justice'? Nicholas Herriman Violence in West Kalimantan and Ambon 7 Passing the Red Bowl: Creating Community through Violence in West Kalimantan, 1967--1997 Nancy Lee Peluso 8 The Maluku Wars: ‘Communal Contenders’ in a Failing State Gerry Van Klinken 9 Migration, Provocateurs and Communal Conflict: The Cases of Ambon and West Kalimantan Anne Loveband and Ken Young Violence in Aceh, East Timor and West Papua 10 Provoking Violence, Authenticating Separatism: Aceh's Humanitarian Pause Elizabeth Drexler 11 Ceremonies of Reconciliation as Prelude to Violence in Suai, East Timor James J. Fox12 Violence and Governance in West Papua Richard Chauvel Part 3. After the Violence Representation 13 The Media as a Control and as a Spur for Acts of Violence Stanley 14 Writing the Dark Side: Publishing about Violence in Indonesia Bimo Nugroho Re-education 15 Educating to Handle Conflict and Avoid Violence Samsu Rizal Panggabean 16 The Indonesian Commission on Violence Against Women Mély G. Tan Voices of the Victims 17 Tortured Body, Betrayed Heart: State Violence in an Indonesian Novel by an Ex-Political Prisoner of the '1965 Affair' Budiawan 18 Violence, Internal Displacement and its Impact on the Women of Aceh Suraiya Kamaruzzaman 19 Political Economy of Violence and Victims in Indonesia Hilmar Farid
Biography
Charles A. Coppel
