Indonesia Beyond Suharto

This text presents an accessible introduction to the most significant problems facing Indonesia and raises issues for further investigations. It addresses such questions as: how has Indonesia managed to remain one country?; and is there a truly national Indonesian culture?

List of contents

Contents Map 1. Indonesian Seas, Islands, and Sites Map 2. Indonesian Peoples and Languages Map 3. Indonesian Provinces and Capitals Map 4. Indonesian Religious Affiliations INDONESIA UNDER SUHARTO Part One: Polity 1. Nation: Making Indonesia 2. Regime: The New Order 3. Regions: Centralization and Resistance Part Two: Economy 4. Development: Achievement and Weakness 5. Markets: The Limits of Reform 6. Conglomerates: All in the Family? Indonesia Part Three: Society 7. Religion: Evolving Pluralism 8. Women: Difference Versus Diversity 9. Expression: Creativity Despite Constraint THE FALL OF SUHARTO AND AFTER Part Four: Transition 10. Exit and Aftermath: The Crisis of 1997-99 11. Voting and Violence: Indonesia and East Timor in 1999

About the author

Donald K. Emmerson, Stanford University, United States

Product details

• Authors: Donald K. Emmerson, Emmerson Donald K.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.1998
• EAN: 9781563248894
• ISBN: 978-1-56324-889-4
• No. of pages: 300
• Weight: 703 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Ethnic Studies, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Cultural Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, Political science & theory, Political Economy, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Asian History, Indonesia, Political science and theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General