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It is intended as a contribution to the ongoing discussion of democracy in the new states of Asia and Africa, of the ways in which Western political institutions are transformed when employed in non-Western social settings, and of the obstacles to be overcome if such institutions are to operate in consonance with the authority systems of new nations and with their solution of economic and administrative problems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow brought back into print as a member of Equinox Publishing's Classic Indonesia series, \u003cem\u003eThe Decline of Constitutional Democracy\u003c\/em\u003e is considered to be the definitive study of Indonesia in the 1950s and will be of great interest to the growing number of social scientists concerned with the pre-industrial nations and in particular with their efforts to use and adapt Western political institutions. This is a solid and scholarly account, but, writing on the basis of much personal observation, Dr. Feith manages to present his material in such a way that readers with no previous background in the subject will be able to follow the book almost as easily as will specialists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHERBERT FEITH \u003c\/strong\u003e(1930-2001) became familiar with Indonesia during 1951-53 and 1954-56 when he was an English Language Assistant with the Ministry of Information of the Republic of Indonesia. A citizen of Australia, he received an M.A. degree from the University of Melbourne in 1955 and a Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1961. He was a Research Fellow in the Department of Pacific History, Australian National University, from 1960 to 1962 and was Chair of Politics at Monash University from 1968 until 1974.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51157273739537,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51157276164369,"sku":"NGR9789793780450","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52148551581969,"sku":"NLS9789793780450","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9793780452.jpg?v=1750733188"},{"product_id":"indonesian-political-thinking-1945-1965-book-herbert-feith-9789793780528","title":"Indonesian Political Thinking 1945-1965","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection of more than one hundred excerpts from speeches, lectures, articles, and pamphlets, most of the not previously available in English, is regarded as the principal source book on Indonesian politics for the post-revolution period of 1945-1965. Chosen to define and illuminate the country's complex issues, the selections provide a balanced, comprehensive, and well-ordered survey of Indonesian political thinking from just before independence to the fall of Sukarno. After an introduction by Herbert Feith in which he discusses the Indonesian intellectual and his place in politics, the major and minor Indonesian figures of the period express their political views and their responses to the events of the first twenty years of independence. A commentary at the beginning of each chapter supplies background material relating to the selections. Three appendixes offer brief biographies of the Indonesian authors, a glossary of unfamiliar terms, and a chronological chart. \u003cem\u003eIndonesian Political Thinking\u003c\/em\u003e, now brought back to life in Equinox Publishing's Classic Indonesia series, is a must-have resource for Indonesians and Indonesianists alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHERBERT FEITH\u003c\/strong\u003e was professor of Politics at Monash University, Victoria, Australia. He first became familiar with Indonesian problems when he was an English Language Assistant with the Ministry of Information of the Republic of Indonesia during the 1950s. He received the MA degree from the University of Melbourne, the PhD from Cornell University, and was a Research Fellow in the Department of Pacific History, Australian National University, 1960-62. Professor Feith is author of \u003cem\u003eThe Decline of Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia\u003c\/em\u003e, also a member of Equinox Publishing's Classic Indonesia series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLANCE CASTLES\u003c\/strong\u003e graduated from Melbourne University, Australia, received the MA degree from Monash University, and the PhD degree from Yale University. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eReligion, Politics, and Economic Behavior in Java: The Kudus Cigarette Industry\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52337188864273,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52337189421329,"sku":"NLS9789793780528","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9789793780528.jpg?v=1758165841"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-ie\/collections\/author-books-by-herbert-feith.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}