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Sekiranya masih hidup dan diminta memerikan situasi Republik Indonesia di awal abad ke-21, Mohammad Hatta hanya perlu mencetak-ulang tulisannya yang pernah terbit pada 1962: "Pembangunan tak berjalan sebagaimana semestinya.... Perkembangan demokrasi pun telantar karena percekcokan politik senantiasa. Pelaksanaan otonomi daerah terlalu lamban sehingga memicu pergolakan daerah." Buku ini memap…
The author is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Chandernagore Government College, West Bengal, India. She received her Ph.D. in International Relations from Jadavpur University in 2014 and is a Gold medallist in her M.A. programme from the same university. She has also served as an instructor of German language at the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Kolkata and translated…
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