Indonesia: Archipelago of Fear

Abstract

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction -- 2. From Colony to Dictatorship -- Colonialism -- Independence -- The Sukarno era -- Elites in Indonesian history -- The coup of 1965 -- Genocide -- The New Order -- 3. Extreme Capitalism, Indonesian Style -- The illusion of economic success -- The collapse of intellectual Indonesia -- The aftermath of the Asian financial crisis -- A fog of statistics -- Poverty in Indonesia -- Bali -- Jakarta -- Living in Jakarta -- 4. Democracy and Human Rights -- The democracy of generals -- How much does their vote really matter? -- After Suharto stepped down -- Giving in to the Almighty -- How information is manipulated via the media -- The legal system -- Prisons, torture and extra-judicial killings -- Women's rights -- 5. Jakarta Bleeding the Islands -- Racism on the rise while there is no chance for independence -- A neocolonial empire -- Chinese exile -- Genocide in Papua -- Timor-Leste -- Aceh -- Kalimantan -- 6. Corruption Kills -- Suharto - the father of Indonesian corruption -- Mud lake - tip of the corruption iceberg? -- Some examples of corruption cases -- If you are corrupt, go all the way -- 7. The Environment, Plundering of Natural Resources and Consequent Natural Disasters -- Filth and pollution -- The River Musi and Palembang, Sumatra -- North Sumatra -- Aceh after the tsunami -- Kalimantan -- The Norwegian initiative -- 8. Collapse of Infrastructure -- Ferries sink -- Airplanes crash -- Terrible roads -- Rotting trains -- City transport problems -- Inadequate services -- 9. Islam -- Getting away with violence -- Getting away with murder: the horror of Cikeusik -- Temanggung -- Pasuruan -- The West, clerics and Indonesian Islam -- 10. Culture, Education and Intellectual Life -- Education -- The arts -- Artists and intellectuals -- Remembering a lost culture.