Indonesia Project Research Articles

Survey of Recent Developments

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Additional informationNotes on contributorsWilliam E. JamesSenior Fellow, East-West Center, presently on leave as Chief of Party of the USAID-funded TIP Project for Nathan Associates, Inc., in Jakarta. This Survey was prepared while the author was a visiting fellow in the Indonesia Project, Economics Division, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, ANU. The author is grateful for comments from participants in a seminar held by the Indonesia Project during the fellowship period, and for those of Professor Moh. Arsyad Anwar. Remaining errors are the author's responsibility. The views expressed are not necessarily those of the institutions with which the author is affiliated.

Intelectuals and nationalism in Indonesia: a study of the following recruitted by Sutan Sjahrir in Occupation Jakarta. By J. D. Legge. (Cornell Modern Indonesia Project, Monograph Series No. 68.) pp. ix, 159. Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell Modern Indonesia Project, 1988. U.S. $8.00.

Intelectuals and nationalism in Indonesia: a study of the following recruitted by Sutan Sjahrir in Occupation Jakarta. By J. D. Legge. (Cornell Modern Indonesia Project, Monograph Series No. 68.) pp. ix, 159. Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell Modern Indonesia Project, 1988. U.S. $8.00.

Ann Swift. The Road to Madiun: The Indonesian Communist Uprising of 1948. [Monograph Series, no. 69.] Cornell Modern Indonesia Project, Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University, Ithaca (NY)1989. xii, 116pp. Ill. $9.00.

Ann Swift. The Road to Madiun: The Indonesian Communist Uprising of 1948. [Monograph Series, no. 69.] Cornell Modern Indonesia Project, Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University, Ithaca (NY)1989. xii, 116pp. Ill. $9.00. - Volume 35 Issue 3

The Road to Madiun: The Indonesian Communist Uprising of 1948. By Ann Swift. Cornell Modern Indonesia Project, Monograph Series, No. 69. Ithaca: Cornell University, Southeast Asia Program, 1989. xii, 116 pp.

The Road to Madiun: The Indonesian Communist Uprising of 1948. By Ann Swift. Cornell Modern Indonesia Project, Monograph Series, No. 69. Ithaca: Cornell University, Southeast Asia Program, 1989. xii, 116 pp. - Volume 49 Issue 3

The Road to Madiun: The Indonesian Communist Uprising of 1948. By Ann Swift. Cornell Modern Indonesia Project, Monograph Series, No. 69. Ithaca: Cornell University, Southeast Asia Program, 1989. xii, 116 pp.

The Road to Madiun: The Indonesian Communist Uprising of 1948. By Ann Swift. Cornell Modern Indonesia Project, Monograph Series, No. 69. Ithaca: Cornell University, Southeast Asia Program, 1989. xii, 116 pp. - Volume 49 Issue 3

Managing change in Indonesian high schools

This article describes the classroom methodology used by high school teachers of English participating in the PKG (Permantapan Kerja Guru: Strengthening of the Work of Teachers) Project in Indonesia. It starts with brief accounts of the objectives and methods of implementation of the Project and describes classroom methodology before the PKG English Programme began. It then outlines the principles and procedures used by PKG teachers of English and reports early impressions of their effectiveness. It also looks at ways in which the changes were effected and touches upon some of the project’s implications. Background to The PKG Project is a teacher development programme which aims to the project help teachers in Indonesian junior and senior high schools to develop their confidence and their personal and professional skills, as well as to devise materials and techniques which promote student-centred, studentactive learning in the classroom. The project began in 1980 with its Science Programme. In 1982 it was extended to Maths, in 1985 to English, and in 1988 to Bahasa Indonesia. It is a Government of Indonesia project, funded by loans from the World Bank and UNDP and administered from the Directorate of Secondary and General Education. My own contribution was as an ODA KELTA, working as English Language Teaching Advisor in the Ministry of Education and Culture from December 1985 to December 1988. The motto The motto of the Project is ‘From the teacher, by the teacher, and for the teacher’ (Suprapto, 1986). Every effort has been made to avoid the typical mistakes of top-down projects which impose innovation on implementers who have not been allowed to make any personal investment in their project. On the PKG Project we agree that ‘the more the responsibility for the project and the decisions to be taken are passed to the implementers the better, as this will encourage ownership’ (Kennedy, 1988). Organization In each of the twenty-seven provinces of the country, three or four teachers in each of the PKG subjects were selected to be trained as Instructors. After participating in courses overseas and workshops in Indonesia, these teachers returned to their schools for one semester to try out the learnercentred methodology they had been introduced to. Then they started to run sixteen-week in/on-service courses in their provinces for thirty to forty teachers of their subject. Each of these courses consists of a two

Intellectuals and Nationalism in Indonesia: A Study of the Following Recruited by Sutan Sjahrir in Occupation Jakarta. By J. D. Legge. Cornell Modern Indonesia Project Monograph Series. Ithaca: Cornell University, Modern Indonesia Project, 1988. x, 159 pp.

Intellectuals and Nationalism in Indonesia: A Study of the Following Recruited by Sutan Sjahrir in Occupation Jakarta. By J. D. Legge. Cornell Modern Indonesia Project Monograph Series. Ithaca: Cornell University, Modern Indonesia Project, 1988. x, 159 pp.

Inequality Trends in Indonesia, 1969–1981: A Re-Examination1

This paper attempts to clarify the debate over trends in inequality in Indonesia from 1969 to 1981, by adjusting die standard inequality measures for the differential impact of inflation on different expenditure groups. It is shown that, once such adjustment is made, inequality increased in Indonesia between 1969/70 and 1976, but declined between 1976 and 1981. Adjustments are also made to the inequality indicators for urban and rural areas, and for Java and the Outer Islands. 1 This paper is abstracted from Chapter 4 of the author's unpublished thesis, entitled Distributional Impacts of Economic Growth: The Case of Indonesia, 1969/1970 – 1981, Griffith University. The article was prepared while I was a visitor in the Department of Economics, RSPacS, AND. I would like to thank the Indonesia Project for financial support during the visit.

The Japanese Experience in Indonesia: Selected Memoirs of 1942–1945. Edited by Anthony Reid and Oki Akira. Ohio University Monographs in International Studies, Southeast Asia Series, No. 72. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Center for International Studies, 1986. Pp. xiii, 411. Glossary, Plates, Tables, Maps, Bibliography, Index. - The Kenpeitai in Java and Sumatra (Selection from Nihon Kenpei Seishi). By the National

The Japanese Experience in Indonesia: Selected Memoirs of 1942–1945. Edited by Anthony Reid and Oki Akira. Ohio University Monographs in International Studies, Southeast Asia Series, No. 72. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Center for International Studies, 1986. Pp. xiii, 411. Glossary, Plates, Tables, Maps, Bibliography, Index. - The Kenpeitai in Java and Sumatra (Selection from Nihon Kenpei Seishi). By the National

J.D. Legge. Intellectuals and Nationalism in Indonesia: A Study of the Following Recruited by Sutan Sjahrir in Occupation Jakarta. Monograph Series. Ithaca, New York: Cornell Modern Indonesia Project, 1988, ix + 159p.

J.D. Legge.<i> Intellectuals and Nationalism in Indonesia: A Study of the Following Recruited by Sutan Sjahrir in Occupation Jakarta</i>. Monograph Series. Ithaca, New York: Cornell Modern Indonesia Project, 1988, ix + 159p.

Prisoners at Kota Cane. By Leon Salim. Translated by Audrey R. Kahin. Cornell Modern Indonesia Project, Translation Series 66. Ithaca: Cornell University, Southeast Asia Program, 1986. 112 pp. Maps, Illustrations. $9.00 (paper).

Prisoners at Kota Cane. By Leon Salim. Translated by Audrey R. Kahin. Cornell Modern Indonesia Project, Translation Series 66. Ithaca: Cornell University, Southeast Asia Program, 1986. 112 pp. Maps, Illustrations. $9.00 (paper).

Jenkins David: Suharto and his generals: Indonesian military politics 1975–1983. (Cornell Modern Indonesia Project. Monograph Series, no. 64.) xiii, 280 pp. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1984. $12.50.

Jenkins David: Suharto and his generals: Indonesian military politics 1975–1983. (Cornell Modern Indonesia Project. Monograph Series, no. 64.) xiii, 280 pp. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1984. $12.50.

Suharto and His Generals: Indonesian Military Politics, 1975–1983. By David Jenkins. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University, Modern Indonesia Project, Southeast Asia Program, 1984. Monograph Series No 64. xiii, 286 pp. Tables, Glossary, Index. $12.50 (paper).

Suharto and His Generals: Indonesian Military Politics, 1975–1983. By David Jenkins. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University, Modern Indonesia Project, Southeast Asia Program, 1984. Monograph Series No 64. xiii, 286 pp. Tables, Glossary, Index. $12.50 (paper).

Dynamics of Dissent in Indonesia: Sawito and the Phantom Coup. By David Bourchier. Ithaca, N. Y.: Cornell University, Modern Indonesia Project, Southeast Asia Program, 1984. (Interim Report Series, no. 63.) iv, 136 pp. Glossary. $9 (paper).

Dynamics of Dissent in Indonesia: Sawito and the Phantom Coup. By David Bourchier. Ithaca, N. Y.: Cornell University, Modern Indonesia Project, Southeast Asia Program, 1984. (Interim Report Series, no. 63.) iv, 136 pp. Glossary. $9 (paper).

Book reviews

Book reviews

The Minangkabau Response to Dutch Colonial Rule in the Nineteenth Century. By Elizabeth E. Graves. Ithaca: Cornell Modern Indonesia Project, 1981. Pp. ix, 147. Foreword, Glossary.

The Minangkabau Response to Dutch Colonial Rule in the Nineteenth Century. By Elizabeth E. Graves. Ithaca: Cornell Modern Indonesia Project, 1981. Pp. ix, 147. Foreword, Glossary.

Sickle and Crescent: The Communist Revolt of 1926 in Banten. By Michael C. Williams. Ithaca: Cornell Modern Indonesia Project, Monograph Series No. 61, Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University. Pp. iv, 81. Appendices, Maps.

Sickle and Crescent: The Communist Revolt of 1926 in Banten. By Michael C. Williams. Ithaca: Cornell Modern Indonesia Project, Monograph Series No. 61, Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University. Pp. iv, 81. Appendices, Maps. - Volume 15 Issue 2

Elizabeth E. Graves: The Minangkabau response to Dutch colonial rule in the nineteenth century. (Cornell Modern Indonesia Project, Monograph Series No. 60.) x, 147 pp., map. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell Modern Indonesia Project, Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University, 1981. $7.50.

Elizabeth E. Graves: The Minangkabau response to Dutch colonial rule in the nineteenth century. (Cornell Modern Indonesia Project, Monograph Series No. 60.) x, 147 pp., map. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell Modern Indonesia Project, Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University, 1981. $7.50.

Breaking the Chains of Oppression of the Indonesian People: Defense Statement at His Trial on Charges of Insulting the Head of State. By Heri Akhmadi. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell Modern Indonesia Project (Translation Series, no. 59), 1981. viii, 178 pp. Charts, Glossary, Appendixes. $8.75 (paper).

Breaking the Chains of Oppression of the Indonesian People: Defense Statement at His Trial on Charges of Insulting the Head of State. By Heri Akhmadi. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell Modern Indonesia Project (Translation Series, no. 59), 1981. viii, 178 pp. Charts, Glossary, Appendixes. $8.75 (paper).

The Smallholder Cattle Economy in South Sulawesi

* This paper was prepared while I was a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Economics, RSPacS, A. N. U. October — November 1980. I wish to thank the staff of the Indonesia Project for their encouragement and hospitality. Most of the data are taken from my PhD thesis, Prospects for Smallholder Cattle Development in South Sulawesi, submitted to Hasanuddin University in 1978.