Local Power & Politics in Indonesia : : Decentralisation & Democratisation / / ed. by Edward Aspinall, Greg Fealy.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Antlöv, Hans,; Aspinall, Edward,; Colongon, Arellano A.,; Crouch, Harold,; Fealy, Greg,; Ford, Michele,; Hadiz, Vedi R.,; Ikhsan, Mohamad,; Malley, Michael S.,; McGibbon, Rodd,; Mietzner, Marcus,; Quinn, George,; Rasyid, M. Ryaas,; Resosudarmo, Ida Aju Pradnja,; Rohdewohld, Rainer,; Sakai, Minako,; Satriyo, Hana A.,; Widodo, Amrih,
• HerausgeberIn: Aspinall, Edward,; Fealy, Greg,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2003]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)

Indonesia is experiencing an historic and dramatic shift in political and economic power from the centre to the local level. The collapse of the highly centralised Soeharto regime allowed long-repressed local aspirations to come to the fore. The new Indonesian Government then began one of the world’s most radical decentralisation programmes, under which extensive powers are being devolved to the district level. In every region and province, diverse popular movements and local claimants to state power are challenging the central authorities.This book is the first comprehensive coverage on decentralisation in Indonesia. It contains contributions from leading academics and policy-makers on a wide range of topics relating to democratisation, devolution and the blossoming of local-level politics.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- TABLES -- FIGURES -- CONTRIBUTORS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- GLOSSARY -- 1. INTRODUCTION: DECENTRALISATION, DEMOCRATISATION AND THE RISE OF THE LOCAL -- PART I. Political and Economic Update -- 2. POLITICAL UPDATE 2002: MEGAWATI’S HOLDING OPERATION -- 3. ECONOMIC UPDATE 2002: STRUGGLING TO MAINTAIN MOMENTUM -- PART II. Decentralisation and Democratisation Overview -- 4. REGIONALAUTONOMYAND LOCAL POLITICS IN INDONESIA -- 5. NOT ENOUGH POLITICS! POWER, PARTICIPATION AND THE NEW DEMOCRATIC POLITY IN INDONESIA -- 6. WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE GROUND? THE PROGRESS OF DECENTRALISATION -- 7. NEW RULES, OLD STRUCTURES AND THE LIMITS OF DEMOCRATIC DECENTRALISATION -- PART III. Regional Case Studies -- 8. POWER AND POLITICS IN NORTH SUMATRA: THE UNCOMPLETED REFORMASI -- 9. WHO ARE THE ORANG RIAU? NEGOTIATING IDENTITY ACROSS GEOGRAPHIC AND ETHNIC DIVIDES -- 10. THE PRIVATISATION OF PADANG CEMENT: REGIONAL IDENTITY AND ECONOMIC HEGEMONY IN THE NEW ERA OF DECENTRALISATION -- 11. COMING APART AND STAYING TOGETHER AT THE CENTRE: DEBATES OVER PROVINCIAL STATUS IN JAVAAND MADURA -- 12. CHANGING THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF LOCAL POLITICS IN POST-AUTHORITARIAN INDONESIA: THE VIEW FROM BLORA, CENTRAL JAVA -- 13. BETWEEN RIGHTS AND REPRESSION: THE POLITICS OF SPECIALAUTONOMY IN PAPUA -- PART IV. Institutions and Society -- 14. DECENTRALISATION AND WOMEN IN INDONESIA: ONE STEP BACK, TWO STEPS FORWARD? -- 15. SHIFTING POWER TO THE PERIPHERY: THE IMPACT OF DECENTRALISATION ON FORESTS AND FOREST PEOPLE -- 16. BUSINESS AS USUAL? THE INDONESIAN ARMED FORCES AND LOCAL POLITICS IN THE POST-SOEHARTO ERA -- 17. DECENTRALISATION AND THE INDONESIAN BUREAUCRACY: MAJOR CHANGES, MINOR IMPACT? -- REFERENCES -- INDEX