東華大學圖書館 |

Language: English

Help

回圖書館首頁

手機版館藏查詢

Back

Switch To: Labeled | MARC Mode | ISBD

Ethnic Riots in Democratic Transitio...

Toha, Risa J.

Linked to FindBook

Google Book

Amazon

博客來

Ethnic Riots in Democratic Transition: A Lesson from Indonesia.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Ethnic Riots in Democratic Transition: A Lesson from Indonesia./
Author:	Toha, Risa J.
Description:	218 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 73-11(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International73-11A(E).
Subject:	Political Science, General. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3519957
ISBN:	9781267518217

Ethnic Riots in Democratic Transition: A Lesson from Indonesia.
Toha, Risa J.

Ethnic Riots in Democratic Transition: A Lesson from Indonesia. - 218 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 73-11(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2012.

My dissertation asks why ethnic riots occur where they do in the context of a country's transition to democracy. Although examinations on causes of ethnic riots abound, most existing works have accounted for variations across countries, focused on developed democracies, and failed to explain why certain parts within a country remained peaceful even as others burned. In this dissertation, I attempt to look below the national surface and examine local-level factors and dynamics at work to investigate why some districts erupted in violence whereas others remained peaceful during democratization.

ISBN: 9781267518217Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017391
Political Science, General.

Ethnic Riots in Democratic Transition: A Lesson from Indonesia.
LDR:02989nam a2200301 4500 001 1963877
005 20141008090543.5
008 150210s2012 ||||||||||||||||| ||eng d
020 $a 9781267518217
035 $a (MiAaPQ)AAI3519957
035 $a AAI3519957
040 $a MiAaPQ $c MiAaPQ
100 1 $a Toha, Risa J. $3 2100211
245 1 0 $a Ethnic Riots in Democratic Transition: A Lesson from Indonesia.
300 $a 218 p.
500 $a Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 73-11(E), Section: A.
500 $a Adviser: Michael Ross.
502 $a Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2012.
520 $a My dissertation asks why ethnic riots occur where they do in the context of a country's transition to democracy. Although examinations on causes of ethnic riots abound, most existing works have accounted for variations across countries, focused on developed democracies, and failed to explain why certain parts within a country remained peaceful even as others burned. In this dissertation, I attempt to look below the national surface and examine local-level factors and dynamics at work to investigate why some districts erupted in violence whereas others remained peaceful during democratization.
520 $a The central argument I posit in this dissertation is that political exclusion during authoritarian rule generates resentment and motivates disgruntled district local elites to attempt to break through the barriers of entry into politics during transition. Where political exclusion appears to continue unabated exclusion falls along ethnic lines, local elites would manipulate ethnic loyalties of their constituents in order to maximize their likelihood of attaining seats in the new government. In the process of politicizing ethnicity, ethnic riots erupt.
520 $a Drawing upon both original and available data of violence in districts in Indonesia from 1990 through 2005, and relying on my interviews in Central Sulawesi, Maluku, and West Kalimantan, I argue that districts where political exclusion has been rampant are more likely to experience violence during democratic transition. To the extent that democratization can accommodate demands of inclusion, violence would quickly subside. In Indonesia's case, I found this to be true in the creation of new districts under regional autonomy. On average, districts created after the implementation of regional autonomy are more likely to have a greater proportion of ethnic minorities and to experience lower levels of violence. I interpret this finding to mean that local elites, whose demands for political inclusion and for greater access to control over state resources have been appeased, are less likely to provoke inter-group tension.
590 $a School code: 0031.
650 4 $a Political Science, General. $3 1017391
650 4 $a Pacific Rim Studies. $3 1670230
690 $a 0615
690 $a 0561
710 2 $a University of California, Los Angeles. $3 626622
773 0 $t Dissertation Abstracts International $g 73-11A(E).
790 $a 0031
791 $a Ph.D.
792 $a 2012
793 $a English
856 4 0 $u http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3519957