Despite efforts by the Indonesian state to reform their provision of public services, why has the Indonesian state failed to sufficiently respond to the Indonesian water crisis? To what extent can this be explained by the weak capacity of the state? To what extent can the weak c…
This dissertation analyzes the relationships which exist between the colonial social formation and the rise of state capitalism in independent Algeria (1962-1965). This dissertation does not intend to analyze all aspects of state capitalism in Algeria, but rather it focuses on t…
A few ruling individuals from party organizations overpowered Indonesia’s post-authoritarian, representative democracy. The legislative process of the 2017 Election Act was the case study employed to examine this assumption. The underlying thinking was that there was a contest b…
In this study I examine the history of El Salvador during the years 1948 to 1978. Current narratives regard this period as part of a sequence of oppression and underdevelopment under military rule that existed in this nation since the early decades of the twentieth century and t…
The politics of memory is a highly significant part of contemporary Russian politics. Reinterpreting history is a critical duty of the recent Russian administration to overcome the identity crisis that has emerged after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Historical films emerg…
The approximately one and a half decade period prior to the outbreak of the American Civil War was characterized by growing sectional tensions over the future status of slavery in the Western territories. The various controversies surrounding this uniquely resonant issue fractur…