Since the publication of the 2005 Human Security Report, scholars and policy-makers have debated the causes, interpretation and implications of what the report described as a global decline in armed conflict since the end of the Cold War. Focusing on the Asia-Pacific region, this book analyses the causes and patterns of this decline.
In few regions has the apparent decline in conflict been as dramatic as in the Asia-Pacific, with annual recorded battle deaths falling in the range of 50 to 75 percent between 1994 and 2004. Drawing on a wide range of case studies, this book looks at...
Since the publication of the 2005 Human Security Report, scholars and policy-makers have debated the causes, interpretation and implications of wha...
How do politicians win elected office in Indonesia? To find out, research teams fanned out across the country prior to Indonesia s 2014 legislative election to record campaign events, interview candidates and canvassers, and observe their interactions with voters. They found that at the grassroots political parties are less important than personal campaign teams and vote brokers who reach out to voters through a wide range of networks associated with religion, ethnicity, kinship, micro enterprises, sports clubs and voluntary groups of all sorts. Above all, candidates distribute patronagecash,...
How do politicians win elected office in Indonesia? To find out, research teams fanned out across the country prior to Indonesia s 2014 legislative el...
