Revolution In Indonesia Research Articles

Sociotechnical Change and Institutional Adjustment in Paddy Rice Farming During Post Green Revolution in Indonesia

The development of rice field agriculture in Indonesia has entered the post green revolution phase. The sociotechnical changes occurred during the green revolution, the economic gap among farmers also ensued amid the increase in production while the social sustainability was maintained. The research purpose is to analyze the institutional adjustment conducted by the farmer society in facing the problems caused by green revolution in order to maintain the social sustainability. For the purpose mentioned above, the case study was carried out in a village in a center of green revolution. The result of the research shows that: (1) The sociotechnical changes had been taking place during the pre-green revolution era, green revolution, and post-green revolution in the form of land management, seeds procurement, planting and managing the crops, and harvest and post-harvest. The sociotechnical changes encouraged the increase in agricultural production in which created the gap between the affluent and the underprivileged in a village and had the potential to disturb the social sustainability of rice field agribusiness. (2) The institutional adjustment occurred in the sociotechnical changes in the forms of land ownership dynamics, employment dynamic and village’s new occupation dynamic. This institutional adjustment has the function to dampen the tension on the marginalized individual actor caused by the post green revolution new social structure. (3) The social sustainability in the rice field agriculture could be maintained because the social tension caused by the post green revolution social technical changes could be dampened by the institutional adjustment. The institutional adjustment by the village community contributed into the social sustainability of the rice field agribusiness.

‘Sekolah Lapang Petani’: Membangun Komitmen, Disiplin dan Kretivitas Petani Melalui SLP-PHT

AbstractAlthough the Green Revolution in Indonesia has shown an increase in theagriculturalproduction, a rapid marginalisation process among the farmers has taken place simultaneously.This article aims to identify the role of Sekolah Lapang Petani (Farmer Field School), which isone of the programs conducted byPengelolaan Hama Terpadu (Integrated Pest Management,IPM). This program is conducted by the government in response to the negative impacts of theGreen Revolution that is consideredto be responsible in deteriorating the local knowledge andthe local wisdom techniques, the power of creative-innovation and the freedom of the farmers.This study was conducted in two different sites in South Sulawesi, namely: Manjalling Village(Gowa) and Soreang Village (Maros). Our informants are those who joined SLP-PHT programin the two locations. They consistof 17 farmers; 5 of them are from Manjalling, while rests arefrom Soreang. We triangulate, in-depth interview, observation, life history, and focus groupdiscussion (FGD) as our data collection methods.The results showed that the implementation of SLP-PHT program in Manjallingand Soreanghas played an important role in the application process of the local knowledge and the farmers’creative-innovative development in agricultural, such as productive, righteousness, adaptive,and environmentally friendly.Keywords: farmer field school, creativity, innovative, plant fertilizer and medicine.

Age Old Communism: Making a Return to the Political Scene? The Threat of an Increase in Militancy While Denying the Political Space

The emergence of militant leftist groups in Indonesia, a topic still taboo by academia, law enforcement, and policy officials, is an ongoing trend. Packaged into labor and communal struggles, the New Leftist groups are on a trajectory of violence. Blanqui, Marx, and South American militant leftist groups are enjoying a renaissance in pursuit of a new revolution in Indonesia.

The Making of a ‘Classic’ in South East Asian Studies

What makes a ‘classic’ in South East Asian studies? In addressing this question, the paper compares and contrasts the features of two books written in the late 1940s and early 1950s: Teodoro Agoncillo's The Revolt of the Masses and George Kahin's Nationalism and Revolution in Indonesia. It examines the subject position of the authors and the politico-academic contexts in which their works were written, assessed and consumed. Specifically, the paper explores the following questions. To what extent did scholarly merit define a ‘classic’? What features internal to particular area studies stimulated or impeded the making of a potential classic? What sort of political and academic architectures were conducive or unreceptive to potential candidates? In what ways, and to what extent, have the ‘rules of the game’ changed 60 years later?

Risky business: corruption, fraud, terrorism & other threats to global business

Foreword The Rt. Hon. Sir John Wheeler PC JP DL, Chairman, Service Authorities for the National Criminal Intelligence Service and National Crime Squad Foreword Dan Pinck (ex CIA) Acknowledgements Introduction Part One: Invisible Risk and its Impact on Investment 1. Operating in overseas markets 2. Invisible risks Grey Area Dynamics MIG's ten GADs and their sub sections The iceberg 3. The problem with strategy Direction Information collection Analysis and planning Bargaining Decision-making 4. Understanding culture Business integration Case study: South Korea] 5. Bureaucracy, corruption and FDI Bureaucracy and liberality of investment regimes Corruption Case study: Indonesia (1) Case study: Indonesia (2) 6. Legal safeguards Case study: Poland Case study: CIS/Ukraine/Russia 7. Criminal activities Counterfeiting and Fraud Case study: Russia Case study: European Union 8. The good, the bad and the unethical Case study: Burma Case study: Royal Dutch/Shell 9. Other headaches Extremism Unfair competition Case study: Russia Case study: industrial espionage 10. A little light relief Part Two: The World's Troublespots 11. Introduction Religious fanaticism and creeping Islam International organized crime syndicates 12. Origins of the threat to business 13. Political terrorist groups 14. Global scenario update 15. Risk ratings 16. Middle East - the Saudi domino effect Instability in Saudi Arabia Expanded US operations against Iraq Re-radicalization in Iran Higher intensity Israeli-Palestinian conflict Instability in Turkey 17. Latin America Regional recession 18. Asia Pacific Indo-Pakistani conflict over Kashmir US operations extended into Pakistan US operations extended into Pakistan A widened Sino-Indian war A new Taiwan crisis A Korean crisis Islamic revolution in Indonesia 19. The lesser risks - country by country Asia and the Far East Europe and the Former Soviet Union The Middle East Latin America Africa Part Three: Threat and Defence 20. Introduction Extortion/blackmail Kidnapping or hostage-taking Political terrorism 21. The defence of buildings, personnel and stock The threat from direct action groups Protection after the blast Chemical and biological threats Evacuation of buildings on receipt of a warning or after terrorist attack Defence of stock Cybercrime 22. Proactive & precautionary measures Personal security International travel Documents and currency Medical Airport safety Hotel safety Street awareness Security when mobile Portable computer and mobile telephone security Security at home Child safety Leisure Women travellers Attack and kidnap for ransom Personal reactions Coping with captivity Safeguarding your family Response to a kidnap call Dealing with bombs Part Four: Conclusions 23. Conclusions Appendices References About the Authors About MIC Merchant International Group (MIG) Publications Index

The Institute of Pacific Relations and the Origins of Asian and Pacific Studies

W ESTERN, PARTICULARLY NORTH AMERICAN, SCHOLARS of Asia and the Pacific work amidst an abundance of materials, research programs, funding sources and the other features characteristic of major academic endeavors. Most have never known other circumstances. Given the relative sufficiency of their surroundings, many of these scholars-especially those trained since mid-century-may be unaware that the academic structure they depend upon dates back only five or six decades and was developed by a pioneering generation of scholars who, although diminished in number, are still present and peripherally active. As recently as the late 1920s, there were no mechanisms for the systematic study of either Asia or the Pacificno graduate programs, no research centers, no professional associations, no regular conferences, and no substantial library collections. Indeed, aside from the early efforts of a few like George H. Blakeslee, Stanley K. Hornbeck, and Kenneth S. Latourette, there were not even elementary courses offered through organized departments. A good number of these scholars may also be unaware that the Institute of Pacific Relations, an organization prominent from the late 1920s to the mid 1950s but now largely unknown except to older scholars, is almost solely responsible for changing these conditions. Through an extensive series of conferences on Asian and Pacific issues and a highly productive collaborative research program focused upon related topics, it laid the foundation for modern Asian and Pacific studies in the West. The Institute's achievements in research are especially significant. The classic studies of Asia and the Pacific during the 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s-works such as J. Lossing Buck's Land Utilization in China, George McT. Kahin's Nationalism and Revolution in Indonesia, Felix M. Keesing's Modern Samoa, Owen Lattimore's Inner Asian Frontiers of China, E. Herbert Norman's Japan's Emergence as a Modern State, Richard H. Tawney's Land and Labour in China, and Teng Ssu-yu and John King Fairbank's China's Reponse to the West-as well as many hundreds of lesser known titles were produced under its aegis.1 Perhaps no other organ-

Agrarian Transformation? Rice Production in A Javanese Village∗

The paper examines the impact of the new rice technologies in Klaten, Central Java, a region considered the cradle of the Green Revolution in Indonesia. It is argued that the changes which have occurred since the 1960s should be viewed not as a dramatic transformation of a formerly static rural economy but rather as part of a continuous process of socio-economic change which has occurred over many decades.

The properties of agroecosystems

Agroecosystems may be regarded as true cybernetic systems whose goal is increased social value. This is achieved through a variety of strategies that combine different levels of productivity, stability, sustainability and equitability. Agricultural development thus involves making trade-offs between these properties. The point is illustrated by selected examples from agricultural history, including the origins of agriculture, manorial and modern western agriculture, and the Green Revolution in Indonesia. It is suggested that these properties may be used normatively as combined criteria for evaluating the performance of agricultural development programmes and projects.

Some Social and Cultural Implications of Indonesia's Unplanned and Planned Development

When President Soekamo of Indonesia on July 5, 1959, dissolved the Constituent Assembly and promulgated the reinstatement of the first Constitution (1945) discarded in 1950, he initiated a new revolution in Indonesia's modern history. This revolution will have far-reaching social and cultural consequences for the nation. The purpose of this paper is to focus upon some of the most significant social and cultural changes which have occurred in Indonesian society in recent years and in the wake of the eight-year development plan for 1961 to 1969.

The Beginnings of the Japanese Occupation of Java

As Elsewhere in Southeast Asia, the Japanese occupation was a decisive factor in the shaping of political developments in Indonesia after 1945. It is indeed probable that the impact of those eventful forty months was greater in Indonesia than in Burma and the Philippines, both of which countries had progressed further toward autonomy and self-rule under Western colonial rule than had the Netherlands Indies. It is certainly no coincidence that Japan granted “independence” to these areas during 1943, while in Indonesia a guarded promise of the distant goal of such independence came only as the result of the adverse course of the Pacific War in the latter part of 1944, when Allied landings in Indonesia appeared a probability. It was not until September of that year that, on instructions from Tokyo, the military administration on Java took steps which facilitated the ultimate success of the nationalist revolution in Indonesia. An examination of Japanese policies during the early months of the occupation of Java, the center of Indonesian political life then and now, leaves little doubt that the fate of Indonesia would have been far different had Japan continued victorious in the war.

Nationalism and Revolution in Indonesia

Nationalism and Revolution in Indonesia Get access Nationalism and Revolution in Indonesia. By George McTurnan Kahin. Ithaca, New York, Cornell University Press for the International Secretariat of the Institute of Pacific Relations and the South East Asia Program; London, Oxford University Press, 1952. xii+490 pp. Maps. Tables. Index. 914′​′×614′​′$6. 40s. B. R. P. B. R. P. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 30, Issue 1, January 1954, Page 124, https://doi.org/10.2307/2608536 Published: 01 January 1954

Nationalism and Revolution in Indonesia

Nationalism and Revolution in Indonesia

Nationalism and Revolution in Indonesia. By <italic>George McTurnan Kahin</italic>, Assistant Professor of Government and Executive Director, Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University. [Published under the Auspices of the International Secretariat of the Institute of Pacific Relations and the Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University.] (Ithaca, N. Y.: Cornell University Press. 1952. Pp. xii, 490. $6.00.)

Nationalism and Revolution in Indonesia. By <italic>George McTurnan Kahin</italic>, Assistant Professor of Government and Executive Director, Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University. [Published under the Auspices of the International Secretariat of the Institute of Pacific Relations and the Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University.] (Ithaca, N. Y.: Cornell University Press. 1952. Pp. xii, 490. $6.00.)

Nationalism and Revolution in Indonesia

Nationalism and Revolution in Indonesia

Review: Nationalism and Revolution in Indonesia, by George McTurnan Kahin

Review: <i>Nationalism and Revolution in Indonesia</i>, by George McTurnan Kahin