Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Indonesia

Jacques Bertrand is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto.

• List of figures and tables; Preface; Maps; 1. Introduction; 2. Critical junctures, nationalism and ethnic violence; 3. The national model and its institutional history; 4. Exclusion, marginality and the nation; 5. Islam and nation: the Muslim-Christian dimension; 6. The escalation of religious conflict; 7. Conflict in Maluku; 8. Late integration into the nation: East Timor; 9. Aceh's ethnonationalist conflict; 10. Autonomy as a solution to ethnic conflict; 11. Unity in diversity; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

'… excellent and thoroughly researched … This is a very well written book that should be read not only by Indonesianists … Bertrand's exploration of the links between an increasingly politicized Muslim community, the state and emerging conceptions of nationhood is particularly timely … This is an important and valuable book, made more so by its implict comparativist perspective and it could be read with profit as much in the Balkans as in Southeast Asia.' Ethnic & Racial Studies