Indonesia in Perspectives

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this course, student will be able to: Identify actors, issues, and systems of Indonesian politics, economy, law, and socio-cultural; Identify concepts and perspectives which explain Indonesian politics, economy, law, and socio-cultural; Explain the important periods that define the Indonesian politics, economy, law, and socio-cultural; Analyze contemporary Indonesian politics, economy, law, and socio-cultural

Topics

1. Introduction to Indonesian politics, economics, law, and socio-cultural
2. Understanding political concepts and approaches
3. Indonesian political system
4. New chapter of Indonesian democracy: Reformation era post 1998 onwards
5. Indonesian politics: Selected issues
6. Chapter Two: Introduction to Indonesian Economics
7. Some basic concepts: Macroeconomics policy
8. The 1997 Asian economic crisis
9. Discussion Forum
10. Indonesian economy since independence
11. Indonesian economic architecture
12. Indonesian economy: Some selected issues
13. Chapter Three: Sociology Perspective
14. Socialization
15. Inter-group relations
16. Social institution
17. Sex and gender
18. Population
19. Conformity and non-conformity
20. Discussion
21. Chapter four: Indonesian legal system
22. Indonesian legal architecture
23. Selected Issue: Corruption
24. Selected Issue: Death penalty