Damien Kingsbury is Senior Lecturer in International Development at Deaking University, Melbourne. Harry Aveling is Deputy Head of the School of Social Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne.

• Part I. Themes and Issues1. Ruth McVey Nation versus State in Indonesia2. Paul James Forming Nations: Beyond Western-centrism3. Ann Kumar The State and Status of the Nation: a Historical Viewpoint4. Rizal Sukma Indonesia Since President Wahid: Problems and Prospects of Democratization5. David RayandGary Goodpaster Indonesian Decentralization: Local Autonomy, Trade Barriers and DescriminationPart II. The Regions6. Damien Kingsbury Diversity in Unity7. Richard Chauvell Papua and Indonesia: Where Contending Nationalisms Meet8. Ed Aspinall Modernity, History and Ethnicity: Indonesian and Acehnese Nationalism in Conflict9. Rizal Sukma Aceh in Post-Suharto Indonesia: Protracted Conflict Amid Democratization10. Elizabeth Collins The Struggle for Political Reform in South Sumatra11. Ismet Fanary The First Year of Local Autonomy: The Case of West Sumatra12. Minako Sakari Resisting the Mainland: The Formation of Bangka-Belitung Province

'It is a rich source of material and questions that will enable the reader to at least think in an informed way about these issues.' - Journal of Asian Studies'This is a very thought-provoking book, and it provides a vivid, if disturbing, portrait of a nation in transition and crisis.' - Journal of Asian Studies

Damien Kingsbury is Senior Lecturer in International Development at Deaking University, Melbourne. Harry Aveling is Deputy Head of the School of Social Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne.

• Part I. Themes and Issues1. Ruth McVey Nation versus State in Indonesia2. Paul James Forming Nations: Beyond Western-centrism3. Ann Kumar The State and Status of the Nation: a Historical Viewpoint4. Rizal Sukma Indonesia Since President Wahid: Problems and Prospects of Democratization5. David RayandGary Goodpaster Indonesian Decentralization: Local Autonomy, Trade Barriers and DescriminationPart II. The Regions6. Damien Kingsbury Diversity in Unity7. Richard Chauvell Papua and Indonesia: Where Contending Nationalisms Meet8. Ed Aspinall Modernity, History and Ethnicity: Indonesian and Acehnese Nationalism in Conflict9. Rizal Sukma Aceh in Post-Suharto Indonesia: Protracted Conflict Amid Democratization10. Elizabeth Collins The Struggle for Political Reform in South Sumatra11. Ismet Fanary The First Year of Local Autonomy: The Case of West Sumatra12. Minako Sakari Resisting the Mainland: The Formation of Bangka-Belitung Province

'It is a rich source of material and questions that will enable the reader to at least think in an informed way about these issues.' - Journal of Asian Studies'This is a very thought-provoking book, and it provides a vivid, if disturbing, portrait of a nation in transition and crisis.' - Journal of Asian Studies

Damien Kingsbury is Senior Lecturer in International Development at Deaking University, Melbourne. Harry Aveling is Deputy Head of the School of Social Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne.

• Part I. Themes and Issues1. Ruth McVey Nation versus State in Indonesia2. Paul James Forming Nations: Beyond Western-centrism3. Ann Kumar The State and Status of the Nation: a Historical Viewpoint4. Rizal Sukma Indonesia Since President Wahid: Problems and Prospects of Democratization5. David RayandGary Goodpaster Indonesian Decentralization: Local Autonomy, Trade Barriers and DescriminationPart II. The Regions6. Damien Kingsbury Diversity in Unity7. Richard Chauvell Papua and Indonesia: Where Contending Nationalisms Meet8. Ed Aspinall Modernity, History and Ethnicity: Indonesian and Acehnese Nationalism in Conflict9. Rizal Sukma Aceh in Post-Suharto Indonesia: Protracted Conflict Amid Democratization10. Elizabeth Collins The Struggle for Political Reform in South Sumatra11. Ismet Fanary The First Year of Local Autonomy: The Case of West Sumatra12. Minako Sakari Resisting the Mainland: The Formation of Bangka-Belitung Province

'It is a rich source of material and questions that will enable the reader to at least think in an informed way about these issues.' - Journal of Asian Studies'This is a very thought-provoking book, and it provides a vivid, if disturbing, portrait of a nation in transition and crisis.' - Journal of Asian Studies