Magazine article
Between throwing rocks and a hard place: FPI and the Jakarta riots
new mandala: New perspectives on Southeast Asia
02/06/2019
Abstract
Many of the questions surrounding who was responsible for the violence that erupted in Jakarta on 21–22 May will likely never be answered. Prevailing theories suggest roles for a mix of interests and actors, involving paid thugs, religious extremists, opportunists and mysterious gunmen. But there is little clarity on which, if any, of the gaggle of contesting elites may have “masterminded” the unrest, or what precisely they sought to gain from it...
Details
- Title
- Between throwing rocks and a hard place: FPI and the Jakarta riots
- Authors/Creators
- I. D. Wilson (Author) - Murdoch University, School of Social Sciences and Humanities
- Publication Details
- new mandala: New perspectives on Southeast Asia
- Publisher
- Australian National University’s (ANU)/Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs in the College of Asia and the Pacific
- Identifiers
- 991005550268307891
- Copyright
- © Copyright 2019 New Mandala
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Social Sciences and Humanities
- Resource Type
- Magazine article
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