Sharing Power (The Ties That Bind) is a joint project between Radio Australia, ABC New Media and the Australian National University's National Institute for Asia and the Pacific. http://www.abc.net.au/power/ Australian Broadcasting Corporation en Radio Australia Sharing Power (The Ties That Bind) is a joint project between Radio Australia, ABC New Media and the Australian National University's National Institute for Asia and the Pacific. clean The idea of 'the nation' as something identifiable helped to forge national unity in culturally-diverse states like Indonesia, India and the Philippines. But why have some nations held together while others threaten to break up? http://www.abc.net.au/power/podcast/power_1.mp3 Thursday, 10 January 2008 00:00 GMT http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/ra/podcast/power/power_1.mp3 ABC, Australia, Radio Australia, Asia, free, current affairs, journalism Radio Australia The idea of 'the nation' as something identifiable helped to forge national unity in culturally-diverse states like Indonesia, India and the Philippines. But why have some nations held together while others threaten to break up? Indonesia has tried to head off secessionist claims by devolving more political and economic power to the outlying regions. This contrasts with Australia's federal system where there's little regional diversity. http://www.abc.net.au/power/podcast/power_2.mp3 Thursday, 10 January 2008 00:00 GMT ABC, Australia, Radio Australia, Asia, free, current affairs, journalism Radio Australia Indonesia has tried to head off secessionist claims by devolving more political and economic power to the outlying regions. This contrasts with Australia's federal system where there's little regional diversity. At the heart of debates over governance in Indonesia lies tension between democratic reformers who support devolution and nationalists who fear less centralised control will lead to the state's disintegration. http://www.abc.net.au/power/podcast/power_3.mp3 Thursday, 10 January 2008 00:00 GMT http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/ra/podcast/power/power_1.mp3 ABC, Australia, Radio Australia, Asia, free, current affairs, journalism Radio Australia At the heart of debates over governance in Indonesia lies tension between democratic reformers who support devolution and nationalists who fear less centralised control will lead to the state's disintegration. The idea that we must have a single national identity is not generally the way we see ourselves anymore. Creating political systems that share power between diverse ethnic, religious and linguistic communities has become a pre-occupation of modern nation-states. http://www.abc.net.au/power/podcast/power_4.mp3 Thursday, 10 January 2008 00:00 GMT ABC, Australia, Radio Australia, Asia, free, current affairs, journalism Radio Australia The idea that we must have a single national identity is not generally the way we see ourselves anymore. Creating political systems that share power between diverse ethnic, religious and linguistic communities has become a pre-occupation of modern nation-states. In the Philippines and Indonesia, the central governments are looking at the need to shift their focus from political and economic control at the centre to empowering communities at the local level. http://www.abc.net.au/power/podcast/power_5.mp3 Thursday, 10 January 2008 00:00 GMT ABC, Australia, Radio Australia, Asia, free, current affairs, journalism Radio Australia In the Philippines and Indonesia, the central governments are looking at the need to shift their focus from political and economic control at the centre to empowering communities at the local level. Every nation has its own balance between conceiving of its people as a nation of individuals and as a nation of communities. The balance between equality of citizens and the opportunity for State diversity is one of the inherent tensions of federal systems. http://www.abc.net.au/power/podcast/power_6.mp3 Thursday, 10 January 2008 00:00 GMT ABC, Australia, Radio Australia, Asia, free, current affairs, journalism Radio Australia Every nation has its own balance between conceiving of its people as a nation of individuals and as a nation of communities. The balance between equality of citizens and the opportunity for State diversity is one of the inherent tensions of federal systems. What are the ties that hold some nations together while others fall apart or re-form? The challenge facing many governments of the world is determine ways to make political systems work, to maintain national unity and yet recognise diverse communities. http://www.abc.net.au/power/podcast/power_7.mp3 Thursday, 10 January 2008 00:00 GMT ABC, Australia, Radio Australia, Asia, free, current affairs, journalism Radio Australia What are the ties that hold some nations together while others fall apart or re-form? The challenge facing many governments of the world is determine ways to make political systems work, to maintain national unity and yet recognise diverse communities.