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Asymmetric decentralization, accommodation and separatist conflict: lessons from Aceh and Papua, Indonesia
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In this paper, the employment of asymmetric decentralization to deal with separatist conflicts has become increasingly popular in recent years and contentions remain as to whether it is an effective tool to solve conflicts.Abstract:
The employment of asymmetric decentralization to deal with separatist conflicts has become increasingly popular in recent years. However, contentions remain as to whether it is an effective tool to...read more
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Territorial Autonomy in the Shadow of Conflict: Too Little, Too Late? (vol 109, pg 354, 2015)
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluate the effect of territorial autonomy on the outbreak of internal conflict by analyzing ethnic groups around the world since WWII and argue that the critics have overstated the case against autonomy policies.
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Continuing the Limited Authority of the Majelis Rakyat Papua; a Missed Opportunity
TL;DR: The Papuan People's Assembly (Majelis Rakyat Papua-MRP) is a cultural representation of the Papuan people, which has an important role in protecting the rights of the Papua people in the fields of customs and culture, empowering women, and religious harmony as mentioned in this paper .
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Two-decade decentralization and recognition of customary forest rights: Cases from special autonomy policy in West Papua, Indonesia
TL;DR: In this article , the authors conducted reviews of policies and regulations, interviews with government officials (at central, provincial, and regency levels), non-government organizations, leaders & members of customary groups, and direct observation.
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Collaboration strategy in the penta-helix concept: deradicalization program for terrorist separatism groups in papua
TL;DR: In this article , the authors proposed the Penta-helix concept as a suitable program, which seeks to facilitate the specific needs for deradicalisation in this region, based on five factors: the history of separatism in Papua, the traditions of the Papuan people, the variance between religious and secular radicalism, the concept of derdicalisation and disengagement, and the TNI-Polri Operasi Penggalangan and the current deradiscization program in Indonesia.
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Why Was “Self-Government” Not Achieved in Aceh? The Challenges of Implementing a Peace Agreement
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors used a qualitative library research method in which data was sourced from online text documents and analyzed using critical discourse analysis to explain the imagined self-government and the causes challenging it to be implemented.
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Decentralization: Fueling the Fire or Dampening the Flames of Ethnic Conflict and Secessionism?
TL;DR: In this article, a statistical analysis of thirty democracies from 1985 to 2000 shows that decentralization may decrease ethnic conflict and secessionism directly by bringing the government closer to the people and increasing opportunities to participate in government, but it also encourages the growth of regional parties.
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Building Reputation: Why Governments Fight Some Separatists but Not Others
TL;DR: The authors show that future players and future stakes strongly influence government decisions to cooperate or fight at least against ethnic minorities seeking self-determination, and provide some of the first systematic evidence that governments invest in reputation building a least in the domain of domestic ethnic relations.
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Autonomy as a Source of Conflict: Caucasian Conflicts in Theoretical Perspective
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a theoretical framework identifying which qualities of autonomy solutions increase the likelihood of conflict and discuss how autonomy relates to other factors conducive to conflict by studying minorities in the South Caucasus and examines the case of Georgia.
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Rebuilding governance in failed states and post‐conflict societies: core concepts and cross‐cutting themes
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors look at the emergence of failed and post-conflict states on the international relations and assistance agenda, and at the importance of governance in establishing peace, pursuing state reconstruction and preventing conflict.