Jan - Mar 2001		Bookshop
		Australia and the Indonesian incorporation of Portuguese Timor, 1974-76 Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Contains Foreign Affairs Department archival documents released early following decades-long media pressure alleging an Australian government cover-up of the murders of foreign journalists by Indonesian forces during the October 1975 invasion at Balibo. The 484 DFAT cables and reports exclude intelligence data. Covering the period from the time of Portugal's decision to decolonise in April 1974 up to Indonesia's formal incorporation of East Timor in July 1976, they also leave out policy debates leading to the Fraser government's recognition of Indonesian sovereignty over 1978-79. At the time, widespread famine had been caused by the Indonesian army's deliberate displacement of the population and burning of crops to wipe out the stubborn guerilla resistance. Melbourne University Press, April 2000, ISBN 0-522-84907-5, 724 pp, A$43.95 East Timor: Making amends? Lansell Taudevin & Jefferson Lee (eds) Over 40 articles on Australia's role in reconstructing East Timor, written by campaigners, volunteers, aid workers and others to mark the first anniversary of East Timor's historic vote. Some look back at the international intervention (Unamet, Interfet, World Bank, the media), others look forward to the reconstruction (agriculture, education, language, economics). Proceeds go to the reconstruction effort in the Maliana area of East Timor. Leichhardt Town Council in Sydney and Maliana have local government ties. Sydney: Australia-East Timor Association with Otford Press, November 2000, ISBN 1 876928 00 X, 275pp, A$26.95 +postage, avail: Otford Press, 49 Station Rd, Otford, NSW 2508, e-mail lansellt@bigpond.com, tel +61-2-4294 8800 Mining and the environment in Indonesia Draft for review Reviews the environmental impact of large scale mining (eg. Freeport copper and gold), medium scale mining (eg. Bukit Asam coal), and artisan and small scale mining (eg. pick and shovel gold mining on large concession holder areas). Expresses particular concern about the massive increase in artisan and small scale mining (ASM) since the onset of the economic crisis. ASM provides many people with greatly enhanced incomes, but entirely lacks environmental control and causes serious, non-biodegradable mercury poisoning of rivers. Estimated ten-year land reclamation costs for ASM at US$1 billion far exceed those for all other mine types combined. Draft paper for a World Bank study, mainly by Gary McMahon (EMTIM) and Elly Rasdiani Subdibjo (consultant), June 2000, 57pp, avail. on web: www.nrm.or.id/DnLoad/NRMRpt/MiningNEnv.pdf. Also on the same www.nrm.or.id site, download the 230pp draft paper 'Indonesia: Environment and natural resource management in a time of transition' (June 2000) The dog is dead so throw it in the river Anton Lucas with Arief Djati Focuses on the politics of pollution of the Brantas River, and discusses how water has become a political issue in East Java and in Surabaya. Analyses local and provincial level government action to combat pollution. Factories along the Kali Surabaya have come under increasing pressure to meet minimum effluent standard and install effective waste treatment plants. Non-government organisations have become involved, and the local print media provide a forum for campaigns and community protests. Documents the history and outcome of several legal battles and how they have affected the attitudes of the industries involved. Melbourne: Monash Asia Institute, 2000, 152pp, ISBN 0732611814 (hbk), web: www.monash.edu.au/mai, email: monash.asia.institute@adm.monash.edu.au The hesitant boom (oil palm) Anne Casson From 1967 through to 1997, oil palm increased 20-fold in planted area and showed 12 percent average annual increases in crude palm oil (CPO) production. The economic and political crisis caused a slowdown in area expansion and CPO production, but it now seems the sub-sector is poised for a return to the earlier the pace of growth. Most expansion will occur in Sumatra, posing a significant threat to Indonesia's forest cover. Bogor (Indonesia): Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), November 1999, contact: casson@cgiar.org, avail. on web: www.cgiar.org/cifor/publications/new-pub.html Indonesia: Keeping the military under control International Crisis Group The consolidation of Indonesian democracy requires the dissolution of the military's territorial network, the civilianisation of domestic intelligence agencies, the regularisation of military finances, and the establishment of military cohesion and discipline. It will also require the formulation of an unambiguous doctrine supporting civilian supremacy. These are the key recommendations of this hard-hitting ICG report. From a Jakarta office headed by Dr Harold Crouch, other ICG reports have considered the Maluku crisis and the Indonesian political crisis generally. Jakarta/Brussels: International Crisis Group (ICG), September 2000, 33pp, avail. on web through: www.crisisweb.org. Also download there two other recent ICG reports: 'Indonesia's Maluku crisis: The issues' (July 2000), and 'Indonesia's crisis: Chronic but not acute' (May 2000) Civil Islam Robert W Hefner Challenging stereotypes of Islam as antagonistic to democracy, this study tells the story of Islam and democratisation in the world's largest Muslim nation. An Islamic democracy movement played a central role in the 1998 overthrow of the Suharto regime. In 1999, Muslim leader Abdurrahman Wahid was elected president of a reformist, civilian government. Indonesia's Islamic reform movement repudiated the goal of an Islamic state, mobilised religiously ecumenical support, promoted women's rights, and championed democratic ideals. Bob Hefner teaches anthropology at Boston University. Princeton Univ. Press, 2000, 312pp, ISBN 0691050465 (hbk), US$55, pbk also avail. Diskusi: An intermediate reader for Indonesian language Firdaus Fills a gap in the available Indonesian language resource materials. Diskusi takes students beyond the textbook, and introduces them to socio-cultural issues and the skills required for critical debate. Topics are selected from various current Indonesian sources, and address issues like street children, religious attitudes to euthanasia and abortion, causes of civil unrest, legal sentencing, and the rise of the middle class. Readings are accompanied by easily-understood glossaries, and followed by structured questions to stimulate discussion. Ideal for learners ready to engage with Indonesian current affairs, but who do not yet possess sufficient fluency for undirected reading of newspapers. (Elizabeth Morrell, emorrell@metz.une.edu.au) Surabaya: Airlangga University Press, 2000, 146 pp, ISBN 979-8990-50-1 (pbk), contact aupsby@rad.net.id, or in Australia: Nusantara Indonesian Bookshop (info@nusantara.com.au), A$24.95