Burnell & Randall: Politics in the Developing World 2e 
Study QuestionsBurnell & Randall: Politics in the Developing World 2e
Chapter 20a
How do you assess Indonesia's chances of being able to sustain its transition to democracy while maintaining its current territorial boundaries?
Is decentralisation the right solution to governing a country as large and diverse as Indonesia?
Why has democratization not led the state of Indonesia to fall apart?
In what ways have Indonesia's relations with the rest of the world impacted on politics inside Indonesia?
How far does Indonesia's experience confirm that localism and nation-building can co-exist within one country?
How much of Indonesia's politics from independence to the present day can be explained by its colonial past?
What threat does militant Islam pose to political stability in Indonesia?
To what extent have developments in Indonesia's party system since 1998 assisted the process of political integration?
Is state power the key to explaining why different developing countries diverge in their vulnerability to fragmentation and disintegration?
Can developing countries develop in the absence of a strong unified sense of national identity, and is there any evidence that the political process can create that condition?
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