Böcker av Jacques (University of Toronto) Bertrand

Jacques Bertrand provides a fresh and highly original survey of politics and political change in Southeast Asia. Against the backdrop of economic development and social transformation in several countries, he uses a comparative framework to explore why some countries have become democratic while others remain persistently authoritarian.

Bertrand explores religious and ethnic conflict in Indonesia, arguing that its increase in recent years is the result of Suharto's long, authoritarian regime which left the country unprepared for change. The book is a major contribution to the understanding of conflict in an often misunderstood part of the world.