Edition 51: Jul-Sep 1997

What price victory? The 1997 elections



What price victory? The 1997 elections
ED ASPINALL finds that Golkar's massive electoral victory sits strangely with its loss of credibility on the streets. Tags: Elections Political Parties New Order (1967-98) National
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Box - The election: what is at stake?
Written by Ed Aspinall   
The election: what is at stake? Tags: Elections New Order (1967-98) National
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Citizens organise themselves
Written by Gerry van Klinken   
Goenawan Mohamad explains to GERRY VAN KLINKEN why the independent electoral monitoring committee KIPP inspired so many volunteers to take action. Tags: Politics Elections New Order (1967-98) National Interview
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Murder in the cathedral
Written by IRIP News Service   
IRIP NEWS SERVICE speaks with a member of Dili's Catholic Commission for Education and uncovers an assassination attempt against Nobel prize winner Bishop Belo Tags: Military Oppression Timor Leste Interview
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Box - West Kalimantan at a glance
West Kalimantan at a glance Tags: Ethnicity New Order (1967-98) Inequality Kalimantan
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Pauline Hanson -- you are what you eat
Written by Rob Goodfellow & Peter Smith   
ROB GOODFELLOW and PETER SMITH take a whimsical look at an Australian backlash against Asia, and against the wider world. Tags: International Relations
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Dayak anger ignored
Written by Michael Dove   
MICHAEL DOVE traces Dayak unhappiness to inequities in state development. Tags: Communal Violence New Order (1967-98) Inequality Agriculture Kalimantan
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The fear and the fury
Written by Franz Magnis-Suseno   
FRANZ MAGNIS-SUSENO believes that riots happen because people feel threatened by change. Tags: Politics of Religion Social and Political Unrest New Order (1967-98) Politics of Religion National
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