Decentralization & its Discontents: An Essay on Class, Political Agency and National Perspective in Indonesian Politics

Max Lane

Decentralization & its Discontents: An Essay on Class, Political Agency and National Perspective in Indonesian Politics
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Country
Singapore
Published
30 September 2014
Pages
122
ISBN
9789814519731

Decentralization & its Discontents: An Essay on Class, Political Agency and National Perspective in Indonesian Politics

Max Lane

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Decentralization is a major trend in Indonesia since the first decades of that nation under Sukarno and Suharto. Max Lane is justly treasured for illuminating those first decades, for example, through his translations of Pramoedya Ananta Toer, and his excellent book, Unfinished Nation: Indonesia Before and After Suharto. Anyone who seeks insights into the current trend of decentralization, whether in Indonesia or other parts of the world, will find this work cogent.
- James L. Peacock, Kenan Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

This book opens up the discussion on the history and political economy of the new populist policies that seem to gain momentum in the face of the Indonesian elections. It also addresses questions pertaining to the problems and options related to popular aspirations within this context - all of which cannot be explained very well by any of the predominant theses on Indonesia, whether as an oligarchy or a democratically liberal but economically predatory country.
- Professor Olle Toernquist, University of Oslo

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