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Post-authoritarian Indonesia: a comparative Southeast Asian perspective

By:

HERYANTO Ariel

Contributor(s):

HADIZ Vedi R

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: 2005Subject(s):

In: Critical Asian Studies Vol 37 No 2, 2005, pp.251-275 (95)Summary: Assesses the post-authoritarian rule situation in Indonesia in the light of experiences of Thailand and the Philippines. In both those countries disintegrating authoritarian regimes were replaced by formal electoral politics. However authoritarian forces are said to have insinuated themselves into the democratic processes and institutions thus subverting them to thier own ends. Suggests that the development of pro-democracy and civil society movements has been less pronounced in Indonesia because of the impact of the anti-communist massacres of 1965 that have no parallel in the other two countries.

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Assesses the post-authoritarian rule situation in Indonesia in the light of experiences of Thailand and the Philippines. In both those countries disintegrating authoritarian regimes were replaced by formal electoral politics. However authoritarian forces are said to have insinuated themselves into the democratic processes and institutions thus subverting them to thier own ends. Suggests that the development of pro-democracy and civil society movements has been less pronounced in Indonesia because of the impact of the anti-communist massacres of 1965 that have no parallel in the other two countries.

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