Rioting for Representation

Risa Toha is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Yale-NUS College in Singapore. Her work has focused on questions related to political violence, identity, and political economy, appearing in journals such as the British Journal of Political Science, Terrorism and Political Violence, and Journal of Contemporary Southeast Asia.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Exclusion and violence during democratic transitions; 3. The emergence of identity-based cleavages in Indonesia; 4. Ethnic politics in Soeharto's new order regime; 5. Golkar's dominance and ethnic riots; 6. Micro dynamics of exclusion and riots; 7. How riots dissipated; 8. Conclusion; Glossary; References: Index.

'Riots and Representation uses rich data and careful fieldwork in Indonesia to shed new light on the old problem of ethnic conflict during political transitions. Rather than attributing violence to regime, emotions, or economic grievances, Risa Toha shows convincingly that political actors use violence together with other strategies to seek recognition and accommodation during moments of political change.' Tom Pepinsky, Walter F. LaFeber Professor of Government and Public Policy, Cornell University