Economic crises and the breakdown of authoritarian regimes : Indonesia and Malaysia in comparative perspective / Thomas B. Pepinsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pepinsky, Thomas B., 1979- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authoritarianism--Indonesia.

Authoritarianism.

Authoritarianism--Malaysia.

Indonesia--Politics and government--20th century.

Indonesia.

Indonesia--Economic policy.

Indonesia--Economic conditions--20th century.

Malaysia--Politics and government--20th century.

Malaysia.

Malaysia--Economic policy.

Malaysia--Economic conditions--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 326 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Economic Crises & the Breakdown of Authoritarian Regimes

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why do some authoritarian regimes topple during financial crises, while others steer through financial crises relatively unscathed? In this book, Thomas B. Pepinsky uses the experiences of Indonesia and Malaysia and the analytical tools of open economy macroeconomics to answer this question. Focusing on the economic interests of authoritarian regimes' supporters, Pepinsky shows that differences in cross-border asset specificity produce dramatically different outcomes in regimes facing financial crises. When asset specificity divides supporters, as in Indonesia, they desire mutually incompatible adjustment policies, yielding incoherent adjustment policy followed by regime collapse. When coalitions are not divided by asset specificity, as in Malaysia, regimes adopt radical adjustment measures that enable them to survive financial crises. Combining rich qualitative evidence from Southeast Asia with cross-national time-series data and comparative case studies of Latin American autocracies, Pepinsky reveals the power of coalitions and capital mobility to explain how financial crises produce regime change.

Contents:

Crises, adjustment, and transitions

Coalitional sources of adjustment and regime survival

Authoritarian support coalitions : comparing Indonesia and Malaysia

Adjustment policy in Indonesia, June 1997-May 1998

Adjustment policy in Malaysia, June 1997-December 1999

Authoritarian breakdown in Indonesia

Authoritarian stability in Malaysia

Cross-national perspectives

Conclusions.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-19454-7

0-511-69919-0

0-521-74438-5

0-511-65161-9

0-511-59378-3

0-511-59285-X

0-511-59571-9

OCLC:

609843076