Indonesia, Vol. 084, October 2007
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Item Table of Contents, Indonesia, Volume 84, (October 2007)(Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, 2007-10)Item Erratum: Review of Indonesian Reformasi as Reflected in Law: Change and Continuity in Post-Suharto-Era Legislation on the Political System and Human RightsCammack, Mark; Stockmann, Petra (Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, 2007-10)Item Review of A History of Modern IndonesiaSchlossberg, Scott (Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, 2007-10)Item Into the Whirlpool: The Second Part of Soetjipto’s Djalan SampoernaSoetjipto (Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, 2007-10)A translation of the second part of Djalan Sampoerna, the colonial-era autobiography of a young Javanese, Soetjipto. These chapters describe the author’s conflicts with his stepfather and members of his extended family, and his final break from the family. Benedict Anderson introduces and translates this part of the memoir, which was composed in the 1930s. For a translation of the first part of Djalan Sampoerna, see Indonesia 82.Item Contributors, Indonesia, Volume 84 (October 2007)(Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, 2007-10)Item Review of The Changing World of Bali: Religion, Society, and TourismPedersen, Lene (Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, 2007-10)Item Marginality and Opportunity in the Periphery: The Emergence of Gorontalo Province in North SulawesiKimura, Ehito (Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, 2007-10)This article explores factors leading to the formation of a new Gorontalo province in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi region. It argues that the historical legacy that left the ethnic Gorontalo feeling marginalized, combined with recent political developments in Indonesia, led actors in both the region and in the center to promote the formation of a new Gorontalo province. The argument highlights the need to rethink analyses of center-periphery relations that typically depict state power as pushing from the center outwards. This case suggests a more complex, fragmented, and multi-directional relationship between political actors in Jakarta and the peripheral regions.Item Party-Candidate Relationships in Indonesian Local Politics: A Case Study of the 2005 Regional Elections in Gowa, South Sulawesi ProvinceBuehler, Michael; Tan, Paige (Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, 2007-10)This paper presents a case study of elections for regent and vice regent in Gowa, South Sulawesi, in 2005. During these elections, political parties lacked influence and authority over their own candidates; their platforms were largely irrelevant; and the candidates themselves were weakly linked to their designated parties. Drawing on insights from the “institutionalization” analyses of Mainwaring and Scully, the article highlights the observed and expected effects of the candidates' independence from political parties and predicts that the parties in the region will continue to attract little allegiance from the voters, that electoral volatility will be high, party legitimacy low, and party organizations will be weakly institutionalized.Item Editorial Note, Indonesia, Volume 84, (October 2007)(Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, 2007-10)Item Review of Riots, Pogroms, Jihad: Religious Violence in IndonesiaSiegel, James T. (Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, 2007-10)