Decentralization and Its Discontents : An Essay on Class, Political Agency and National Perspective in Indonesian Politics / Max R. Lane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lane, Max, 1951- author.

Series:

Monographs (Italian School of East Asian Studies)

ISEAS monograph series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decentralization in government--Indonesia.

Decentralization in government.

Capitalists and financiers--Indonesia.

Capitalists and financiers.

Indonesia--Politics and government--1998-.

Indonesia.

Indonesia--Economic policy--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 122 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Decentralization & Its Discontents

Decentralization and its discontents

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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 Törnquist, University of Oslo

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Editorial Note

Preface

About the Author

Introduction

Chapter I. The Enigmatic Emergence of Decentralization

Chapter II. The Political Economy of Desentralisasi

Chapter III. Decentralization: Its Discontents

Chapter IV. National Agency and a "Co-ordinative State": The Future of Decentralization

Conclusion

Endnotes

References

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Nov 2015).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789814519748

981451974X

OCLC:

894172163