TY - BOOK AU - Nguyen,Thang D. TI - The Indonesian journey: a nation's quest for democracy, stability, and prosperity T2 - Asian political, economic and security issues SN - 9781611227727 AV - DS644.5 U1 - 959.804 22 PY - 2010///] CY - New York PB - Nova Science Publishers, Inc. KW - National security KW - Indonesia KW - Democracy KW - Political stability KW - HISTORY KW - Asia KW - Southeast Asia KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Economic history KW - Diplomatic relations KW - Politics and government KW - 1998- KW - Economic conditions KW - 1997- KW - Foreign relations KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; THE INDONESIAN JOURNEY A NATION'S QUEST FOR DEMOCRACY, STABILITY AND PROSPERITY ; THE INDONESIAN JOURNEY A NATION'S QUEST FOR DEMOCRACY, STABILITY AND PROSPERITY ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; DEDICATION ; FOREWORD ; FOREWORD ; INTRODUCTION ; A NATION'S DEMOCRATIC JOURNEY ; THE B.J. HABIBIE PRESIDENCY ; THE GUS DUR PRESIDENCY ; THE MEGAWATI SUKARNOPUTRI PRESIDENCY ; THE SUSILO BAMBANG YUDHOYONO PRESIDENCY AND THE ROAD AHEAD ; ABOUT THE BOOK ; PART I: DEMOCRACY; DEMOCRACY IN INDONESIA: A WORK IN PROGRESS ; ALIRAN, RELIGION, CLASS AND CULTURE: POLITICAL PARTIES AND SOCIAL IDENTITY IN INDONESIA; INTRODUCTION LOCATING AN INDONESIAN PARTY SYSTEM ; ALIRAN AND POLITICAL IDENTIFICATION ; THE POLITICS OF ALIRAN: EVIDENCE OF CONTINUITY ; THE IMPACT OF DIRECT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ; THE PARADOX OF INDONESIAN PARTIES ; CONCLUSION ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; PART II: ECONOMY ; THE INDONESIAN ECONOMY: GROWTH, CRISIS AND RECOVERY * ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. MACROECONOMIC SURVEY; 3. TRADE POLICY AND THE COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT ; 4. SOCIAL TRENDS AND POLICIES ; 5. SUMMING UP ; REFERENCES ; REFORM OF THE INDONESIAN BANKING SYSTEM: BUILDING CARRYING CAPACITY ; INTRODUCTION; FINANCIAL STABILITY-GETTING READY FOR THE NEXT TEST FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT -- TRANSITION TO A --NORMAL‖ BANKING SYSTEM ; LESSONS FROM INDONESIA-MANAGING BANKING CRISES ; CONCLUSIONS ; REFERENCES ; INDONESIA'S INVESTMENT RELATIONS WITH NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA ; INTRODUCTION ; A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE FOREIGN INVESTMENT POLICIES OF THE SIX SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES, WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON INDONESIA ; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FROM NORTHEAST ASIA TO SOUTHEAST ASIA SINCE THE EARLY 1970S TO THE MID-1980S ; -- The First Surge of Japanese Direct Investment into Southeast Asia; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FROM THE NORTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES INTO THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES, 1985 -- 1997 -- The Second Surge of Japanese FDI into Southeast Asia ; -- The Surge of Foreign Direct Investment from the East Asian Nies to Southeast Asia Since the Late 1980s up to the Asian Economic Crisis ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; THE INDONESIAN OIL AND GAS INDUSTRIES: A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE ; INTRODUCTION ; THE INDONESIAN OIL INDUSTRY ; THE INDONESIAN OIL AND LNG INDUSTRIES : SIMILARITIES ; THE INDONESIAN OIL AND LNG INDUSTRIES: DIFFERENCES; THE INDONESIAN OIL AND LNG INDUSTRIES: A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE CONCLUSION ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; PART III: THE LAW ; THE INDONESIAN LEGAL SYSTEM: A BRIEF CRITIQUE ; LEGAL REFORM IN INDONESIA : IMPLICATIONS REGARDING CORRUPTION AND HUMAN RIGHTS ; PART IV: SECURITY ; INDONESIA: JEMAAH ISLAMIYAH'S CURRENT STATUS ; OVERVIEW ; A NEW MILITARY STRUCTURE? ; ESTIMATING JI'S SIZE AND STRENGTH ; CENTRAL JAVA ; THE SEMARANG KATIBAH ; Pati ; Pemalang ; SOLO/SURAKARTA ; East Java ; Surabaya ; Malang ; Lamongan ; Released Prisoners ; Jakarta ; West Java ; Lampung ; Northern Sumatra ; Central Sumatra UR - https://libproxy.firstcity.edu.my:8443/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=539970 ER -