The Indonesian presidency : the shift from personal toward constitutional rule / Angus McIntyre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McIntyre, Angus.

Series:

Asia/Pacific/Perspectives

Asia/Pacific/perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--Indonesia.

Presidents.

Constitutional history--Indonesia.

Constitutional history.

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

Indonesia.

Indonesia--Politics and government--1998-.

Soekarnoputri, Megawati, 1947-.

Soekarnoputri, Megawati.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2005.

Summary:

This pioneering study of the Indonesian presidency significantly redefines our understanding of Indonesian politics from independence to the present. Angus McIntyre blends political biography with constitutional history to locate Indonesian leaders within both Indonesian cultural frameworks and the global biographical literature on political leaders.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: The Return to the 1945 Constitution; Part I; 2: The Personal Rule of Sukarno; 3: Suffering from the Quiet: Sukarno's Desolation and His Politics of Being Central; 4: Aging and Fear of Death: Sukarno's Politics of Rejuvenation and His Quest for Immortality; 5: Sukarno: Abandoned by History?; Part II; 6: The Personal Rule of Soeharto; 7: Soeharto's Composure; Part III; 8: Megawati and the Emergence of Constitutional Rule; 9: Childhood and Youth of Megawati Sukarnoputri

10: Megawati Sukarnoputri's Political Apprenticeship11: Challenging Soeharto; 12: The Fall of Soeharto; 13: Democracy Returns; 14: A Female President?; 15: Megawati Sukamoputri as Vice President; 16: President Megawati Sukamoputri; Conclusion; Postscript: The Indonesian Parliamentary Elections of 2004; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-287) and index.

ISBN:

1-4616-0465-6

1-299-13593-5

9781461604655