ABSTRACT

Using an exhaustive selection of primary sources, this book presents a rich and textured picture of Indonesian politics and society from 1965 to the dramatic changes which have taken place in recent years. Providing a complete portrait of the Indonesian political landscape, this authoritative reader is an essential resource in understanding the history and contradictions of the New Order, current social and political conditions and the road ahead.

chapter |24 pages

Introduction

part I|70 pages

The search for a political format, 1965–73

chapter 1|29 pages

The organicist camp

chapter 2|26 pages

Modernising pluralism

chapter 3|13 pages

Marginalised Islam

part II|64 pages

The New Order at its height, 1973–88

chapter 4|21 pages

Organicism ascendant

chapter 5|21 pages

Pluralist critiques

chapter 6|20 pages

Islam out in the cold

part III|116 pages

Themes in the later New Order

part IV|35 pages

Crisis and reform

chapter 12|33 pages

Looking beyond the New Order