Ford, Michele.

Beyond Oligarchy : Wealth, Power, and Contemporary Indonesian Politics. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (196 pages) - Cornell Modern Indonesia Project Series . - Cornell Modern Indonesia Project Series .

Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: Beyond Oligarchy? -- Oligarchy and Democracy in Indonesia -- The Political Economy of Oligarchy and the Reorganization of Power in Indonesia -- Improving the Quality of Democracy in Indonesia: Toward a Theory of Action -- Pluralism and Political Conflict in Indonesia -- Oligarchs, Politicians, and Activists: Contesting Party Politics in Post-Suharto Indonesia -- Popular Agency and Interests in Indonesia's Democratic Transition and Consolidation -- Labor and Politics under Oligarchy -- Elite Competition and Changing State-Society Relations: Shari'a Policymaking in Indonesia -- Contributors.

A collection of essays by leading scholars of contemporary Indonesian politics and society, each addressing effects of material inequality on political power and contestation in democratic Indonesia.

9781501719158


Oligarchy-Indonesia.
Democracy-Indonesia.
Power (Social sciences).
Indonesia-Politics and government-1998-.


Electronic books.

JQ776 .B496 2014

320.9598