Political Reform in Indonesia after Soeharto

Harold Crouch

Published by ISEAS Publishing 2010

Political Reform in Indonesia after Soeharto

Harold Crouch

https://doi.org/10.1355/9789812309211

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Three decades of authoritarian rule in Indonesia came to a sudden end in 1998. The collapse of the Soeharto regime was accompanied by massive economic decline, widespread rioting, communal conflict, and fears that the nation was approaching the brink of disintegration. Although the fall of Soeharto opened the way towards democratization, conditions were by no means propitious for political reform. This book asks how political reform could proceed despite such unpromising circumstances. It examines electoral and constitutional reform, the decentralization of a highly centralized regime, the gradual but incomplete withdrawal of the military from its deep political involvement, the launching of an anti-corruption campaign, and the achievement of peace in two provinces that had been devastated by communal violence and regional rebellion.

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Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
1 INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 THE FALL OF THE NEW ORDER AND THE REFORMASI GOVERNMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
3 REFORMING THE CONSTITUTION AND THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
4 STRUGGLES OVER REGIONAL GOVERNMENT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
5 MILITARY REFORM: WITHDRAWING FROM “PRACTICAL POLITICS” AND STEPS TOWARD CIVILIAN CONTROL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
6 POLITICS, CORRUPTION AND THE COURTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
7 RESOLVING COMMUNAL VIOLENCE IN MALUKU Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	242
8 RESOLVING THE SEPARATIST CHALLENGE IN ACEH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279
9 REFORM IN UNPROMISING CIRCUMSTANCES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331
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Language: English
Publisher: ISEAS Publishing
Pages
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Published: April 6, 2010
ISBN: 9789812309211