Indonesian Politics&soc Reader

Using an exhaustive selection of primary sources, this book presents a rich and textured picture of Indonesian politics and society from 1965 to the dramatic changes which have taken place in recent years. Providing a complete portrait of the Indonesian political landscape, this authoritative reader is an essential resource in understanding the history and contradictions of the New Order, current social and political conditions and the road ahead.

Notes on the authors Acknowledgments Glossary Introduction Part 1 The Search for a political Format, 1965-1973 Chapter 1. The Organicist camp Chapter 2. Modernising pluralism Chapter 3. Marginalised Islam Part 2 The New Order at its Height, 1973-1988 Chapter 4. Organicism ascendant Chapter 5. Pluralist critiques Chapter 6. Islam out in the cold Part 3 Themes in the Later New Order Chapter 7. Radicalism and new social movements Chapter 8. 'Political openness' and democratisation Chapter 9. State and society relations Chapter 10. Human rights and the rule of law Chapter 11. Federalism, regionalism and the unitary state Part 4 Crisis and Reformation Chapter 12. Looking beyond the New Order References Index