Overview
- Shows how Indonesia's intellectuals utilize the idea of good governance and democratic institution-building for private interests
- Highlights current forms of governance that validate power structures that continue to obstruct political participation in Indonesia
- Delves into the contribution of local intellectuals in resolving the contradictions between technocratic ideas and governance practices
- Elaborates on how the relationships between intellectuals, business and political elites and NGOs intersect with national-level contests over power and resources
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Technocratic Policy Making in Indonesia
- Neo-liberal Governance in Indonesia
- South East Asia Politics
- Decentralization in Indonesia
- New Economic Institutional Approach in Indonesia
- Rent-seeking in Indonesia
- Critical Political Economy Approach in Indonesia
- Politico-Business Alliances in Indonesia
- Suharto’s New Order Regime
- Democracy in Indonesia
- Intellectuals in Indonesia
- Democratic Institution-building in Indonesia
- Good Governance in Indonesia
- Political Participation in Indonesia
- Predatory Elites in Indonesia
- Predatory Capitalism Post-Authoritarian State
- Lapindo Mudflow Case in East Java
- democracy
About this book
The book provides insights into how the collaboration between intellectuals and local politico-business elites has shaped good governance and democratic institution-building, validating power structures that continue to obstruct political participation in the country. In addition, the book also delves into the contribution of local intellectuals in resolving the contradictions between technocratic ideas and governance practices, in the interest of local elites.
Empirical studies included in the book add to the broader literature on the social role of intellectuals, highlighting their role as not just defined by their capacity to produce and circulate knowledge, but also by their particular position in concrete social and political struggle. The author also explores the manner in which relationships between intellectuals, business and political elites and NGOs in local political and economic practices, intersect with national-level contests over power and resources.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Vortex of Power
Book Subtitle: Intellectuals and Politics in Indonesia's Post-Authoritarian Era
Authors: Airlangga Pribadi Kusman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0155-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-0154-4Published: 28 July 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4343-8Published: 23 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-0155-1Published: 17 July 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 272
Topics: Governance and Government, Public Administration, Asian Politics, Democracy, Public Policy