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Date of Birth: November 13, 1967
EDUCATION

Political Science Department, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA, 2000-present, Ph.D. Program.
Political Science Department, University of Indonesia, Depok, 1987-1994, BA.

PUBLICATIONS

Books
Masalah dan Prospek Demokrasi di Indonesia (Problems and Prospects of Democracy in Indonesia), Jakarta: Ghalia Indonesia, 1994.
Catatan atas Gagalnya Politik Orde Baru (Notes on the Failures of New Order's Politics), Yogyakarta: Pustaka Pelajar, 1998.
Bangsa Saya yang Menyebalkan: Catatan tentang Kekuasaan yang Pongah (My Ugly Nation: Notes on the Arrogant Power), Bandung: Rosda, 1998.
Membangun Oposisi: Agenda-agenda Perubahan Politik Masa Depan (Building Political Opposition: Agendas for the Future of Political Changes), Bandung: Rosda, 1999.
Provokasi Awal Abad: Membangun Panca Daya dan Merebut Kembali Kemanusiaan (Provocation for the New Decade: Building the Five Powers and Retaking Humanity), Bandung: Rosda, 2000.
Pengkhianatan Demokrasi a la Orde Baru: Masalah dan Masa Depan Demokrasi Terpimpin Konstitutional (The New Order's Democratic Treason: Problems and Future of Constitutionally Guided Democracy), Bandung: Rosda, 2000.
Zaman Kesempatan: Agenda-agenda Besar Demokratisasi Pasca Orde Baru (The Era of Possibilities: Agenda for Democratization of the Post-New Order), Bandung: Mizan, 2000.
Menuntaskan Perubahan (1): Catatan Politik 1998-1999 (Accomplishing Reformation: Political Notes 1998-1999), Bandung: Mizan, 2000.
Memerdekakan Rakyat, Memerdekakan Diri Sendiri: Suara Agustus 1999 (Liberating People, Liberating Self: The Voice of August 1999), Bandung: Rosda, 2000.
Republik Para Bandit (Republic of Bandits), Jakarta, Forthcoming.

Edited Books
“Sistem Pemilu 1999 dan Implikasinya” (“The 1999 Election's Systems and Its Implications”), Sistem Pemilu dalam Perspektif Gender (Electoral Systems in Gender Perspective), Medan: Bitra Indonesia dan Jaringan Kerja Perempuan Sumatera Utara, 1999.
“Menuju Daulat Rakyat” (“Toward People Sovereignty”), in Andito, ed., Menggusur Status Quo (Replacing Status Quo), Bandung: Rosda, 1998.
“Kinerja Kelas Menengah Kita” (“The Performance of Our Middle Class”), in Hadijaya, ed., Kelas Menengah Bukan Ratu Adil (The Middle Class is not a Messiah), Yogyakarta: Tiara Wacana, 1999.
“Gigantisme Bernama Golkar” (“A Gigantism named Golkar”), in Mustofa, ed., Memilih Partai Mendambakan Presiden: Belajar Berdemokrasi di Ufuk Millenium (Chosing Parties, Hoping for the President: Learning Democracy in the Dawn of the Millenium), Bandung: Rosda, 1999.
“Nasib Reformasi Pasca Pemilu” (“Indonesian reformation in the Post of Election”), in Gouzali Saydam, ed., Dari Bilik Suara ke Masa Depan Indonesia: Potret Konflik Politik Indonesia Pasca Pemilu dan Nasib Reformasi (From the Voting Booth to Indonesia's Future: A Portrait of Post Election Indonesian Conflict), Jakarta: Rajawali Pers, 1999.
“ABRI sebagai Katalisator Demokrasi” (“The Indonesian Military as A Catalyst of Democracy”), in M. Dahrun Syarief Magalela, et al., eds., Berpolitik atau Kembali ke Barak: Militer dalam Wacana Masyarakat Madani (Politics or Back to the Barrack: The Military in the Discourse of Civil Society), Yogyakarta: Bograf, 1999.
“Melacak Akar Historis Hubungan ABRI-Golkar” (“Tracing the Historical Roots of ABRI-Golkar Relationships”), in Santoso, et al., eds., ABRI Punya Golkar? (ABRI Owns Golkar?), Jakarta: Institut Studi Arus Informasi, 1996.
“Kekerasan Politik: Aksi Negara dan Reaksi Massa” (“Political Violence: State Actions and Mass Reactions”), in Arief Subhan, ed., Indonesia dalam Transisi Menuju Demokrasi. (Indonesia in Transition to Democracy), Jakarta: Lembaga Studi Agama dan Filsafat, 1999.
“Kepemimpinan Megawati dan Intervensi Negara” (Megawati's Leaderships and State Intervention”), in Muin Kubais Madzeen, et al., eds., Megawati Soekarno Putri: Menolak Politik Anti Nurani (Megawati Soekarno Putri: Rejecting Anti-humanity Politics), Yogyakarta: Bigraf, 1999.
“Menggagas Sistem Pemilu yang Tepat” (“Thinking the Appropriate Electoral Systems”), in Musa Kazhim, ed., Menuju Indonesia Baru: Menggagas Reformasi Total (Toward New Indonesia: Thinking about Total Reformation), Bandung: Pustaka Hidayah, 1998.
“ICMI dalam Politik Islam Indonesia” (“ICMI in Indonesian Islamic Politics”), in Nasrullah Ali-Fauzi, ed., ICMI Antara Status Quo dan Demokratisasi (ICMI: Between Status Quo and Democracy), Bandung: Mizan, 1995.
“Masa Depan Politik Islam: Dari Pusaran Menuju Arus Balik” (“The Future of Islamic Politics“), in Andito, ed., Politik Demi Tuhan: Nasionalisme Religius di Indonesia (Religious Politics: Religious Nationalism in Indonesia), Bandung: Pustaka Hidayah, 1999.
“Menuju Format Baru Politik Islam: Belajar dari Kekeliruan Politik Lama” (Toward the New Format of Islamic Politics”), in Andito, ed., Politik Demi Tuhan: Nasionalisme Religius di Indonesia ((Religious Politics: Religious Nationalism in Indonesia), Bandung: Pustaka Hidayah, 1999.

Articles in Academic Journals
“Unjuk Rasa, Gerakan Massa, dan Demokratisasi: Potret Pergeseran Politik Orde Baru” (“Demonstration, Mass Movement, and Democratization: A Portrait of New Order's Political Changes”), Prisma (Published by LP3ES, Jakarta), No 4, Volume XXIII, April 1994.
“Negara dan Manajemen Konflik Politik: Sebuah Penjajagan Teoritis” (“State and Political Conflict Management: A Preliminary Theoretical Study”), in Prisma, No. 8, Volume XXIII, August 1994.
“Negara dan Manajemen Konflik Politik Orde Baru: Pra dan Pasca-Asas Tunggal” (“The State and Political Conflict Management in Indonesia's New Order”), in Ulumul Qur'an (published by the Institute of Religion and Philosophy, LSAF, Jakarta), No. 5 dan 6 (special edition), 1994.
“Teori Negara dan Negara Orde Baru: Berangkat dari Poulatzas dan Evas” (“State Theory and the New Order State: Beginning with Poulantzas and Evans”), in Prisma, No. 12, Vol. XXIII, December 1994.
“Hak Asasi Manusia dan Bantuan Luar Negeri” (“Human Rights and International Aids”), in Profil Indonesia (CIDES's Annual Journal), 1994.
“Suksesi dalam Kerangka Demokratisasi” (Succession in Democratization”), in Jurnal Ilmu Politik (published by Indonesian Political Science Association), No. 15, 1995.
“Pemogokan Angkutan Umum sebagai Siasat Politik Massa Periferal” (“The Strike of Mass Transportation's Workers as a Political Strategy of the Alienated”), in Sintesis (published by CIDES), No. 11, Vol. 3, January-February 1995.
“Partai Baru dan Reformasi Sistem Kepartaian” (“The New Parties and the Reformation of Political System”), in Profil Indonesia, 1997.
“Pemilu dan Demokratisasi: Evaluasi Pemilu-pemilu Orde Baru” (“Election and Democratization: Evaluation of New Order's Elections”), in Seri Penerbitan Studi Politik, (published by the Laboratory of Political Science and Mizan), No. 1, 1997.
“Determinisme Soeharto dan Masa Depan Orde Baru” (“The Soeharto Determinism and the Future of the New Order”), in Studia Islamika (trilingual journal published by PPIM IAIN Jakarta and The Ministry of Religion), Volume 4, No. 2, 1997.
“Menimbang Masa Depan Orde Baru: Reformasi atau Mati?” (“Thinking the Future of the New Order: Reformation or Death”), in Seri Penerbitan Studi Politik (published by the Laboratory of Political Science and Mizan), No. 2, 1998
“Masa Depan Format Politik Islam” (“The Future of Islamic Political Format”), in Madani (published by Indonesian Moslem Student Association), Vol. 1, No. 1, 1999
“Proposed Amendments to the 1945 Constitution,” in Telstra: Strategic Review (bilingual journal, published by Alumni Association of the Intitute for National Resiliance), No 57 April - Juni 1999.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCES

1999. Voting Behavior in Indonesian 1999 Election (Conducted by the Ohio State University in cooperation with The Laboratory of Political Science, University of Indonesia)
1998-1999. Islam, Social Protest, and Mass Radicalism (Sponsored by the Asia Foundation).
1997. Survey of People's Perception on Poverty.
1996. Political Aspiration of Women Parliamentary Members on the Political Empowerment of Women (Sponsored by the Asia Foundation).
1996. Labor Problems in Jakarta.
1995. The Dynamics of the New Order's Political Party in 1990s.
1993. The Political Aspiration of Indonesian Parliamentary Members 1992-1997.
1993. The Perception of Urban and Industrial Society on Human Rights.
1992. The Political Map of the 1992 Election.

TEACHING EXPERIENCES

1994-2000. Lecturer at the Political Science Department, University of Indonesia

OTHER ACTIVITIES

1999-2004. Member of the National Research Council.
2000. Member of the Team for the 1999 Political Regulation Revision.
1999-2000. TV Talk Show Host (Weekly. Toward the New Indonesia).
1997-2000. Editor. Seri Penerbitan Politik (Journal of Political Study).
1997-2000. Deputy Director of the Laboratory of Political Science, University of Indonesia.
1999. Member of the “Team 11” for observing and verifying the eligibility of political parties in the 1999 Election.
1999. Founder and Chairman of the Joint Committee for Voter Educations.
1999. Founder and Chairman of the Indonesian Family for Peaceful Election.
1999. Member of the University of Indonesia's Team for Political Education.
1 Juli 1998 - 8 September 1998. Member of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR, Majelis Permuyawaratan Rakyat).
1990-1994. Junior research associate of Lembaga Penelitian dan Pengembangan Ilmu-ilmu Sosial (LPPIS, the Institute for Research and Development of Social Sciences), University of Indonesia.

HONORS

1991. Model Student at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, the University of Indonesia.
1991. Model Student at the University of Indonesia.
1995. Winner of the Competition for the Best Social Science Research, awarded by the University of Indonesia.
1999. Awarded “Bintang Jasa Utama” (First Degree Medal) by the President of the Republic of Indonesia for distinguished service in political education and political participation in the 1999 Election.

Last Update: December 19, 2000