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repressive Suharto’s New Order regime. Two populist candidates, Jokowi and Prabowo, competed against each other in the 2014 presidential election; Jokowi represented the continuity of Indonesian democracy, whereas Prabowo, a former general under Suharto, promoted authoritarian-populist message suggesting recentralization of power and dismantling…

Comparison of the Australian and Indonesian economy Intro: Australian economy. Australia is classified by the World Bank as a developed country because its gross domestic product was US$1015 billion in purchasing power parity terms in 2008. Its per capita income was US$37,250 per annum, ranking it 11th highest in the world in terms of per capita income. The main sectors of the Australian economy include agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, manufacturing and service. Indonesian economy.…

JAVIER, Bryle Felix A. A Critique on The Act of Killing When Adolf Eichmann, the SS-Obersturmbannführer who was responsible for the mass deportation of Jews in Eastern Europe to the death camps, was put on trial by the Israeli government for crimes against humanity, he constantly justified that he was acting upon that which was ordered upon him as well as going with the tide of the powers that be. This remorseless defense was famously chronicled and evaluated upon by the German Jew, Hannah…

other scholars (Gainsborough, 2009:1318; Leftwich, 1995, 2010) albeit with some caveats. Hayashi (2010, p.54) for example, focused on the political transition period from Sukarto to Suharto (1965-1966) that is followed by economic turbulence in Indonesia which ultimately lead to the direct intervention by the Suharto regime to develop a coherent plan to pursue economic development as a mean to legitimize the New Order government. However, although Indonesia was seen as interventionist, its…

Education is a vital and important step to creating progressive minds of the future, and differs in quality and content geographically. There are various grades of education levels within a country, and the concept of governmental regulated curricula in educational institutions is a topic of controversy. The premise that education should be regulated by authoritative bodies can be unfounded in many ways. The strongest and most advocated for cause is the presence of immigrants and foreigners in…

2.1 The Threat of Communism While the Cold War is generally considered a bipolar rivalry, the Southeast Asian context had evolved into a tripolar security concern- involving the Chinese Diaspora in the various states and their Communist Chinese counterparts. In Thailand, domestic anxiety intensified due to the presence of the large Chinese population and their large shares in the domestic economy, which rendered them forces to be reckoned with. The Thai government sought to rapidly quash…

ten to one, giving its new share trade at $28.65 per share. (Waldie, 2009). In August, the Indonesian government revoked Bre-X’s license of ownership and to stop allowing exploration at the Busang property in Indonesia. The president of Indonesia, Suharto, turns down Bre-X’s application to renew their license due to some conflicts with a local businessman Yusuf Merukh. In October of 1996, Bre-X signed a 40-month strategic alliance contract with President Suharto’s oldest son, Sigit Harjojudanto,…

quality of Indonesia’s democracy. One of the factors he cites is the fact that party multipolarity makes it difficult to dismiss a judge or provide a check on independent courts. The insider-led constitutional process resulted in many judges from the Suharto era retaining their positions, and party fragmentation has stymied efforts to combat judiciary corruption. If corruption of the judiciary is so widespread as to render irrelevant the use of formal politics to roll back judicial…

Q. 1 Write about 3 lines for each of the following about the significance for Indigenous Land Rights in Australia: (a) “Terra nullius” Terra Nullius means that land without. When Captain Cook and his crew was in Australia , they decided the land was Terra Nullius. They acknowledge Indigenous people because of their primitive life. The High Court's Mabo judgement overturned the Terra Nullius fiction in 1982. (b) Protective legislation Victoria enacted Aboriginal protection act. This act…

PROPOSED ROPOSED CAUSES AND CONTRIBUTING FACTORS OF THE CAMBODIAN GENOCIDE “... a Kampuchea which is independant, unified, peaceful, neutral, non-aligned, with sovereignty over its territorial integrity, in a society in which happiness, equality, justice, and true democracy reign, without rich or poor, without exploiting class or exploited class, a society in which the entire people lives in harmony and great national unity and bands together to contribute to the production effort and, together…