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Rebellion under the Banner of Islam

The Darul Islam in Indonesia

By: C. (Kees) van Dijk

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Rebellion under the Banner of Islam

The Darul Islam in Indonesia

By: C. (Kees) van Dijk

The Darul Islam rebellion, striving for the establishment of an Islamic State of Indonesia, broke out in several areas since 1949. The author describes each of these Darul Islam rebellions and identifies some of the factors which may help to explain their outbreak and persistence. Ch. 1 sketches life and background of the most important Darul Islam leader: S.M. Kartosuwirjo. In the next five chapters the political history of the relevant regions (West Java, Central Java, South Sulawesi, South Kalimantan and Aceh) and their respective Darul Islam risings are outlined. Ch. 7 discusses the question of why people joined the Darul Islam.

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9004287256

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9789004287259

A Country in Despair

Indonesia between 1997 and 2000

By: C. (Kees) van Dijk

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A Country in Despair

Indonesia between 1997 and 2000

By: C. (Kees) van Dijk

In late 1997 Indonesia's economy went into a tail-spin, culminating in social and political upheavals that saw Soeharto's resignation in May 1998, and resulting in a succession of presidents as Indonesia entered a period of democratization. These events are well known, even to casual observers, but Kees van Dijk has penned a magnificent account of Indonesia between 1997 and 2000 that fleshes out the story in rich detail and analysis. The volume itself closes as the soon to be ousted President Abdurrahman Wahid is facing two major corruption, collusion, and nepotism (korupsi, kolusi, and nepotisme or KKN) scandals and the political forces are arraying against him. The author has clearly sifted through a mountain of materials, principally Indonesian language newspaper sources, to bring about an excellent chronicle. At 621 pages, this is quite a large book—and one can only marvel at the way in which a vast array of sources have been combined. Despite its size and detail it is a thoroughly absorbing read—especially if one is already familiar with the events and characters that set the stage for a political and social transformation. The main substantive chapters of the book are supplemented by a large number of helpful appendices (showing political parties, cabinet line-ups, military leaders, a glossary, and so on).

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630

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BRILL

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9004434879

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9789004434875

The Animal Names of the Arab Ancestors

Explaining the Non-human Names of Arab Kinship Groups, Volume 1

By: William C. Young

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The Animal Names of the Arab Ancestors

Explaining the Non-human Names of Arab Kinship Groups, Volume 1

By: William C. Young

In the Arab world, people belong to kinship groups (lineages and tribes). Many lineages are named after animals, birds, and plants. Why? This survey evaluates five old explanations – “totemism,” “emulation of predatory animals,” “ancestor eponymy,” “nicknaming,” and “Bedouin proximity to nature.” It suggests a new hypothesis: Bedouin tribes use animal names to obscure their internal cleavages. Such tribes wax and wane as they attract and lose allies and clients; they include “attached” elements as well as actual kin. To prevent outsiders from spotting “attached” groups, Bedouin tribes scatter non-human names across their segments, making it difficult to link any segment with a human ancestor. Young’s argument contributes to theories of tribal organization, Arab identity, onomastics, and Near Eastern kinship.

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9004690379

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9789004690370

Company Financial Reporting

A Historical and Comparative Study of the Dutch Regulatory Process

By: Stephen A Zeff,Frans van der Wel,C. Camfferman

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Company Financial Reporting

A Historical and Comparative Study of the Dutch Regulatory Process

By: Stephen A Zeff,Frans van der Wel,C. Camfferman

First published in 1992. Prior to this work no thorough study had been made of the Dutch institutional environment and of the Dutch practice of regulating the process of financial accounting despite a number of unique and influential practices originating there. The book attempts to trace the conditions, the sources and the connections of the regulatory processes for financial statements — providing orientation for readers unfamiliar with the Dutch context and a chronological survey from the 19th century to the early 1990’s. In addition to analysing the Dutch process, comparison is made with the standard-setting processes in the United States and UK. The title will be of interest to students of Business and Economics.

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429

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Routledge

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1317267729

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9781317267720

The Theory of Functional Grammar: Complex and derived constructions

By: Simon C. Dik

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The Theory of Functional Grammar: Complex and derived constructions

By: Simon C. Dik

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Walter de Gruyter

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3110154064

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9783110154061

Multinational Finance

Evaluating Opportunities, Costs, and Risks of Operations

By: Kirt C. Butler

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Multinational Finance

Evaluating Opportunities, Costs, and Risks of Operations

By: Kirt C. Butler

An in-depth treatment of the international financial arena Multinational Finance, Fifth Edition assumes the viewpoint of the financial manager of a multinational corporation with investment or financial operations in more than one country. This book provides a framework for evaluating the many opportunities, costs, and risks of multinational operations in a manner that allows readers to see beyond the math and terminology surrounding this field to realize the general principles of multinational financial management. Logically organized and written in a clear, non-technical style, this book includes information on international finance topics such as foreign exchange, currency and derivatives markets, currency risk (transaction, operating, and translation) management, country risk, international taxation, capital structure, cost of capital, and international portfolio diversification. It also offers unique chapters on multinational treasury management, the rationale for hedging currency risks, options on real assets, international corporate governance, asset pricing, and portfolio management. Emphasizes the managerial aspects of multinational finance with graphs, figures, and the use of numerous real-world examples Expands on the treatment of parity disequilibria to include exchange rate expectations that differ from parity and a project's operating exposure to currency risk Provides an overview and comparison of the various derivative instruments and their use in risk hedging Contains valuable insights on valuation and management of a multinational corporation's investments If you're looking for the best way to gain a firm understanding of multinational finance, look no further than the fifth edition of this classic text.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118282760

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The Ombudsman, Good Governance and the International Human Rights System

By: Linda C. Reif

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The Ombudsman, Good Governance and the International Human Rights System

By: Linda C. Reif

This book uses comparative law and comparative international law approaches to explore the role of human rights ombuds, classic-based ombuds and other types of ombuds institutions in human rights protection and promotion, their methods of application of international and domestic human rights law and their roles in strengthening good governance. It highlights the increasing importance of national human rights ombuds institutions globally and their roles as national human rights institutions (NHRIs). Chapters address: ombuds institutions as mechanisms to strengthen democratic, horizontal and vertical accountability, the rule of law and good governance; national human rights ombuds institutions as NHRIs; the investigatory, litigation, promotional and other powers of human rights and classic-based ombuds and their methods for applying international and domestic human rights law; ombuds institutions and the protection and promotion of international children's rights; national human rights ombuds additional mandates as OPCAT national preventive mechanisms, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Article 33(2) framework mechanisms and EU national equality bodies; human rights ombuds and business and human rights; ombuds institutions, gender and women's rights; the European Ombudsman and human rights; national human rights ombuds and other ombuds models by region, accompanied by case studies on national human rights ombuds; and the legal and extra-legal factors affecting ombuds institutional effectiveness.

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Springer

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9401759324

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9789401759328

Durga's Mosque

By: Stephen C Headley

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Durga's Mosque

By: Stephen C Headley

For two decades now, Stephen C. Headley has been one of the most original and systematic ethnographers of Javanese religion and cultural history. No one in contemporary Javanese ethnography has combed through the annals of nineteenth and twentieth century scholarship with as careful an eye for the variety of Javanese traditions. None combines this historical ethnography with as careful and unusual body of contemporary ethnography. Headley's new book brings these long-developed skills to bear on contemporary religious change in the Surakarta region of Central Java. In his analysis of the Durga ritual complex, Headley sheds light on one of the most unusual court traditions to have survived in an era of deepening Islamization. Headley's analysis of this ritual complex, and its implications for our understanding of popular Javanese religion, deserves to be read by all serious students of Java, as well as anyone interested in religion in Indonesia. However, Headley moves well beyond this unusual ritual complex, to take us through the twists and turns of religious culture and politics in what is one of the richest but also most troubled of cultural regions in Java. The result is a rich, multi-layered, and fascinating study, one that changes forever our understanding of Javanese tradition in a Java becoming Islamic.-- Robert Hefner, Institute on Religion and World Affairs, Boston University.

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Flipside Digital Content Company Inc.

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9814515329

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9789814515320

Human Rights in the Foreign Policy of the Netherlands

By: Peter R. Baehr,Monique C. Castermans-Holleman,Fred Grünfeld

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Human Rights in the Foreign Policy of the Netherlands

By: Peter R. Baehr,Monique C. Castermans-Holleman,Fred Grünfeld

4.2. Nature of rights

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Intersentia nv

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9050952216

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9789050952217

The Lands West of the Lakes

A History of the Ajattappareng Kingdoms of South Sulawesi, 1200 to 1600 CE

By: Stephen C. Druce

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The Lands West of the Lakes

A History of the Ajattappareng Kingdoms of South Sulawesi, 1200 to 1600 CE

By: Stephen C. Druce

The period 1200-1600 CE saw a radical transformation from simple chiefdoms to kingdoms (in archaeological terminology, complex chiefdoms) across lowland South Sulawesi, a region that lay outside the ‘classical’ Indicized parts of Southeast Asia. The rise of these kingdoms was stimulated and economically supported by trade in prestige goods with other parts of island Southeast Asia, yet the development of these kingdoms was determined by indigenous, rather than imported, political and cultural precepts. Starting in the thirteenth century, the region experienced a transition from swidden cultivation to wet-rice agriculture; rice was the major product that the lowland kingdoms of South Sulawesi exchanged with archipelagic traders. Stephen Druce demonstrates this progression to political complexity by combining a range of sources and methods, including oral, textual, archaeological, linguistic and geographical information and analysis as he explores the rise and development of five South Sulawesi kingdoms, known collectively as Ajattappareng (the Lands West of the Lakes). The author also presents an inquiry into oral traditions of a historical nature in South Sulawesi. He examines their functions, their processes of transmission and transformation, their uses in writing history and their relationship to written texts. He shows that any distinction between oral and written traditions of a historical nature is largely irrelevant, and that the South Sulawesi chronicles, which can be found only for a small number of kingdoms, are not characteristic (as historians have argued) but exceptional in the corpus of indigenous South Sulawesi historical sources. The book will be of primary interest to scholars of pre-European-contact Southeast Asia, including historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, linguists and geographers, and scholars with a broader interest in oral tradition and the relationship between the oral and written registers.

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BRILL

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9004253823

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9789004253827

Transnationalism and Society

An Introduction

By: Michael C. Howard

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Transnationalism and Society

An Introduction

By: Michael C. Howard

In the past, as in the present, transnationalism has played a vital role in the development of wealth, technology and art in all societies touched by cultures other than their own. This timely book provides an introduction to the social and cultural aspects of transnationalism, particularly focusing on the modern world since 1500, with an emphasis on the past 200 years. Topics covered include the role of migration, the development of cities, the effect of transnationalism on marriage and families, the presence of transnational corporations, dress, religion and art. A key text for understanding our increasingly transnational world. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

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323

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McFarland

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0786486252

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9780786486250

Realpolitik Ideology

Indonesia's Use of Military Force

By: Leonard C. Sebastian

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Realpolitik Ideology

Indonesia's Use of Military Force

By: Leonard C. Sebastian

Presents research on the Indonesian military (TNI) going beyond traditional scholarship on the TNI's dual function or dwifungsi which has been one of the dominating fields of analysis in Indonesian studies since the 1970s.

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Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

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9812303111

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9789812303110

Book's by C. (Kees) van Dijk

Rebellion under the Banner of Islam

Rebellion under the Banner of Islam

A Country in Despair

A Country in Despair

The Animal Names of the Arab Ancestors

The Animal Names of the Arab Ancestors

Company Financial Reporting

Company Financial Reporting

The Theory of Functional Grammar: Complex and derived constructions

The Theory of Functional Grammar: Complex and derived constructions

Multinational Finance

Multinational Finance

The Ombudsman, Good Governance and the International Human Rights System

The Ombudsman, Good Governance and the International Human Rights System

Durga's Mosque

Durga's Mosque

Human Rights in the Foreign Policy of the Netherlands

Human Rights in the Foreign Policy of the Netherlands

The Lands West of the Lakes

The Lands West of the Lakes

Transnationalism and Society

Transnationalism and Society

Realpolitik Ideology

Realpolitik Ideology

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