Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Colombijn, Freek
• Lindblad, J Thomas

Titel

Roots of violence in Indonesia: contemporary violence in historical perspective

Ist Teil von

• Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2002. vi+348 pp, 2002, p.vi+348-vi+348

Erscheinungsjahr

2002

Quelle

PAIS Index

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Explores colonial era and post-independence origins of various forms of endemic violence which appear to have increased since 1996; focuses on relationship of the type of state and violence, the military's role in violence against civilians, and factors which cause civil society to break down to the point where communal violence becomes rampant. Based on papers presented at the workshop "Violence in Indonesia: its historical roots and its contemporary manifestations" organized by the Department of Languages and Cultures of Southeast Asia and Oceania of Leiden University, Netherlands, Dec. 13-15, 2000. First published in 2002 by KITLV (Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenunde) Press, Leiden, Netherlands.