Charles Antony Coppel is an Australia

Australia

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n political scientist

Political science

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 and former barrister

Barrister

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Coppel became a barrister for five years after completing his degree in law from the University of Melbourne

University of Melbourne

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. He received his doctorate in political science from Monash University

Monash University

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 in 1975 with a dissertation titled Indonesian Chinese in Crisis. Coppel's dissertation was published in 1983 and became one of the most widely read titles on Chinese Indonesian

Chinese Indonesian

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politics.