Indonesian Politics and Society

A Reader

By: David Bourchier (Editor), Vedi Hadiz (Editor)

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Paperback | 27 February 2003 | Edition Number 1

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This book provides a unique way of understanding social and political change in Indonesia over more than three decades: it provides a window into sexual thought and political concerns of a wide range of actors intimately involved in the struggle to shape modern Indonesia following the triumph of Soeharto's new order in the 1960s. It introduces and assesses the thinking of statists and organicists, modernising pluralists, social radicals, and of political Islam, during a period of often tumultuous change and violent conflict - beneath a surface of calm. It also relates the ideas of the major protagonists in political struggles to important events in Indonesia until the aftermath of the fall of Soeharto. The bulk of the material presented is made accessible for the first time to English-language readers. As such, the book privides an invaluable resource for scholars of modern Indonesia, and for those who seek to understand trhe ideas that continue to be relevant to the actors currently reshaping the country's social and political terrain.

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This is a book that will become a classic, not only for those whose interests lie in Indonesian politics but for those with broader and comparative interests in the political dynamics of change. Bourchier and Hadiz are able to draw out those statements, quotes and documents that capture the pivotal struggles and issues of Suharto's New Order. They present us with a rich insight into the the collision of reactionary and radical populism, secular state corporatism and liberalism in these turbulent years. - Richard Robison, Professor of Political Economy, Institute for Social Studies,The Hague, Netherlands

'The volume is an indispensable and thought-provoking map, guide and source to a centrally important phase in Indonesia's modern history.' - Australian Journal of International Affairs

'An important contribution to the growing literature on Indonesia politics.' - Journal of Contemporary Asia

'Many books are described as classics, but few live up to the reputation. This book is an exception. It will be indispensable for any scholar of Indonesian politics and will help introduce a new generation of students to political thinking in one of the most complex and fascinating countries in the world' - Kyoto Review of South East Asia

'The editors have produced a worthy successor volume to Herb Feith and Lance Castle's classic anthology, Indonesian Political Thinking 1945-1965' - Pacific Affairs

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