Mining is booming in East Nusa Tenggara, but where is the wealth going?
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Sympathy for the Devil
Pining for the certainty of the Suharto era
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Review: Bali’s silent crisis
A new book seeks to understand the contradictions and challenges facing contemporary Balinese
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Review: The politics of the periphery
This edited volume is not just another book on local politics
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Review: Telling a new story of the Indonesian past
Stephen Druce’s new book unveils the Ajattappareng kingdoms of South Sulawesi
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Religious Bandung
Bandung’s government opts for a religious program that matches the city’s character
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God and democracy
A Christian church is asserting its democratic rights by suing the mayor of Depok
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Eager to work
The value of children’s paid work on Lombok’s tobacco plantations presents a challenge to emotive arguments for the wholesale banning of child labour
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Review: Social Science and Power in Indonesia
Social Science and Power in Indonesia is a detailed account of the current state of the social sciences both within and outside academic circles
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A storm in a bank vault
The much publicised ‘Bank Century’ case is unlikely to do any lasting damage to SBY
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More than six decades after being inspired as an undergraduate in Sydney, Ron Witton retraces his Indonesian language teacher's journey back to Suriname