The people of Irian Jaya have struggled for decades against the Indonesian authority, with the aim of obtaining independence. The resistance movement, the Organisasi Papua Merdeka (OPM), emerged soon after the controversial United Nations sponsored Act of Free Choice held in 1969. Despite the decades long resistance the Papuan freedom movement failed to achieve any significant success. This failure can be starkly contrasted with the success of East Timor who got away from Indonesia through the Popular Consultation in 1999 with a successful resistance movement through FRETILIN (Armed Forces of...
The people of Irian Jaya have struggled for decades against the Indonesian authority, with the aim of obtaining independence. The resistance movement,...
This book continues the on-going debate about the need for alternative, interdisciplinary and heterodox approaches to teaching economics at university. It deals with challenges currently faced by economists, pursues an interdisciplinary approach to enhance collaboration with academics from disciplines other than economics, and analyses several questions and issues related to the 2007-08 financial crisis and the current Covid-19 emergency. The on-going Covid pandemic has shown the flaws of the current neoliberal model and the inability of mainstream economic theory to address the problems...
This book continues the on-going debate about the need for alternative, interdisciplinary and heterodox approaches to teaching economics at university...