• Offered by Sch of International Political & Strategic Studies
  • ANU College ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
  • Course subject Asian Studies
  • Academic career PGRD
  • Course convener
    • Dr Marcus Mietzner
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Offered in Second Semester 2014
    See Future Offerings

This course will focus on political, social and economic aspects of Indonesia's decentralisation program after 1999. Emphasising the importance of studying Indonesia's regions in order to understand the nature of the post-Suharto state as a whole, the course will explain the declining power of the central government vis-à-vis the provinces, districts and municipalities. Based on several case studies, the course demonstrates the implications of Indonesia's decentralised structures for electoral competition, distribution of executive authority, fiscal planning and cultural expressions of local identities.

The primary objective of the course is to enable students interested in Indonesia to complement their studies of national politics, society, economy and culture with an equally important local component.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

At the end of the course, students will have gained a thorough understanding of political, economic and social dimensions of the decentralisation process in Indonesia.. They will have obtained in-depth and up-to-date knowledge of the conflicts involved in this process, and will have studied Indonesian government responses to them. In addition, students will have deepened their analytical and presentational skills, preparing them for future professional work in government, think tanks, intelligence, academia or development agencies.

 

Indicative Assessment

Proposed Assessment:

Tutorial  attendance and participation 10%, 

Tutorial  presentation 15%, 

Tutorial  paper (2,000 words) 15%,

Main essay (3,000 words) 30%,

Take-home  exam: 30%

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Requisite and Incompatibility

You are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed ASIA2069.

Preliminary Reading

Henk Schulte Nordholt and Gerry van Klinken (eds.), Renegotiating Boundaries: Local Politics in Post-Suharto Indonesia, Leiden: KITLV Press, 2007; Edward Aspinall and Greg Fealy (eds.), Local Power and Politics in Indonesia: Decentralisation & Democratisation, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2003.

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Students continuing in their current program of study will have their tuition fees indexed annually from the year in which you commenced your program. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

Student Contribution Band:
1
Unit value:
6 units

If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.  Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee Description
1994-2003 $1218
2014 $2808
2013 $2808
2012 $2808
2011 $2424
2010 $2424
2009 $2424
2008 $2424
2007 $2298
2006 $2190
2005 $2190
2004 $1926
International fee paying students
Year Fee
1994-2003 $3402
2014 $3942
2013 $3942
2012 $3942
2011 $3942
2010 $3942
2009 $3816
2008 $3816
2007 $3816
2006 $3816
2005 $3816
2004 $3816
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.

Second Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
9319 21 Jul 2014 08 Aug 2014 31 Aug 2014 30 Oct 2014 In Person N/A

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