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Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific
Localising Power in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia: A Southeast Asia Perspective Localising Power in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia: A Southeast Asia Perspective
Format
paper
Pages
264
ISBN
978-1-8047-6853-5

Localising Power in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia: A Southeast Asia Perspective is the sixteenth title in the East-West Center book series, Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific, published by Stanford University Press.

This book is about how the design of institutional change results in unintended consequences. Many post-authoritarian societies have adopted decentralization--effectively localizing power--as part and parcel of democratization, but also in their efforts to entrench "good governance." Vedi Hadiz shifts the attention to the accompanying tensions and contradictions that define the terms under which the localization of power actually takes place. In the process, he develops a compelling analysis that ties social and institutional change to the outcomes of social conflict in local arenas of power.

Using the case of Indonesia, and comparing it with Thailand and the Philippines, Hadiz seeks to understand the seeming puzzle of how local predatory systems of power remain resilient in the face of international and domestic pressures. Forcefully persuasive and characteristically passionate, Hadiz challenges readers while arguing convincingly that local power and politics still matter greatly in our globalized world.

 

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Stanford University Press

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Localisation and Globalisation
 
  1. Decentralisation, Development and Democracy: Theoretical Issues and Debates
  2. The Post-Authoritarian Context: Technocratic Ambitions and the Challenge of Predatory Power
  3. The Localisation of Power and Institutional Change
  4. A Political Sociology of Local Elites
  5. Money Politics and Thuggery in New Local Democracies
  6. The Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion

Conclusion: Decentralisation, Recentralisation and Globalisation
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Localising Power in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia: A Southeast Asia Perspective is the sixteenth title in the East-West Center book series, Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific, published by Stanford University Press.

This book is about how the design of institutional change results in unintended consequences. Many post-authoritarian societies have adopted decentralization--effectively localizing power--as part and parcel of democratization, but also in their efforts to entrench "good governance." Vedi Hadiz shifts the attention to the accompanying tensions and contradictions that define the terms under which the localization of power actually takes place. In the process, he develops a compelling analysis that ties social and institutional change to the outcomes of social conflict in local arenas of power.

Using the case of Indonesia, and comparing it with Thailand and the Philippines, Hadiz seeks to understand the seeming puzzle of how local predatory systems of power remain resilient in the face of international and domestic pressures. Forcefully persuasive and characteristically passionate, Hadiz challenges readers while arguing convincingly that local power and politics still matter greatly in our globalized world.

 

Details and ordering information at
Stanford University Press

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Localisation and Globalisation
 
  1. Decentralisation, Development and Democracy: Theoretical Issues and Debates
  2. The Post-Authoritarian Context: Technocratic Ambitions and the Challenge of Predatory Power
  3. The Localisation of Power and Institutional Change
  4. A Political Sociology of Local Elites
  5. Money Politics and Thuggery in New Local Democracies
  6. The Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion

Conclusion: Decentralisation, Recentralisation and Globalisation
Notes
Bibliography
Index