A Prince in a Republic : : The Life of Sultan Hamengku Buwono IX of Yogyakarta / / John Monfries.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2015
• VerfasserIn: Monfries, John,
• MitwirkendeR: Hooker, Virginia,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (376 p.)

Hamengku Buwono IX, the late Sultan of Yogyakarta Special Province, is revered by Indonesians as one of the great founders of the modern Indonesian state. He leaves a positive but in some ways ambiguous legacy in political terms. His most conspicuous achievement was the survival of hereditary Yogyakartan kingship, and he provided rare stability and continuity in Indonesia's highly fractured modern history. Under the New Order, Hamengku Buwono also helped to launch the Indonesian economy on a much stronger growth path. Although remembered as the epitome of "political decency", he faded from power and influence as Vice President in the 1970s, and the repressive and anti-democratic features of Suharto's New Order seemed to contradict much of what Hamengku Buwono originally stood for.This biography seeks to explain his political standpoint, motivations, and achievements, and set his career in the context of his times.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- GLOSSARY -- ABBREVIATIONS -- Editorial Points Including Notes on Referencing -- 1. Introduction and Theoretical Considerations -- 2. Early Days -- 3. Dorojatun Becomes Sultan -- 4. The Japanese Occupation -- 5. Revolution - First Phase -- 6. Revolution - The Dutch Attack and Aftermath -- 7. The Problems of Independence -- 8. The End of Guided Democracy and the Rise of the New Order -- 9. Hamengku Buwono in the New Order -- 10. Conclusions -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Index