Chapter 1 What is Indonesia? Chapter 2 Social Legacies and Possible Futures Chapter 3 Politics: From Endurance to Evolution Chapter 4 Economic Recovery and Reform Chapter 5 Indonesia and the World
John Bresnan (1927-2006) was a senior research scholar of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.
More than a half century after its birth as an independent nation,
Indonesia remains inchoate, unsettled, and difficult to define.
Here, five leading specialists on the country—political scientists,
historians, economists, and anthropologists—sum up its volatile
history, its present prospects, and its probable futures with
balance, insight, and precision. A landmark work.
*Clifford Geertz, Institute for Advanced Study*
While academic in nature, the book effortlessly draws in readers by
laying out an anomaly Indonesia is as a nation-state…. The authors’
premise was to provide understanding to students of modern history,
scholars on Asia, and anyone in the general public seeking an
introduction to contemporary Indonesia. They have succeeded at all
levels.
*Far Eastern Economic Review*
Balanced and persuasive . . . Indonesia: The Great Transition does
a splendid job of capturing the central dynamics at play in this
fast-changing country and would make a valuable addition to courses
on democratization, Asian politics, and Indonesia in
particular.
*H-Asia*
Without any doubt, this book adds to the growing number of academic
works on Indonesian politics and it will be useful to both
specailists and generalists who are keen to study the evolving
political dynamics of post-Suharto Indonesia.
*Contemporary Southeast Asia*
Post-crisis Indonesia is a different Indonesia, but how different
is it and what does it mean for the future? Explaining Indonesia
requires an understanding of what has truly changed and what has
not. These knowledgeable authors are ideally placed to assess the
country's 'great transition.'
*Hadi Soesastro, Centre for Strategic and International Studies,
Jakarta*
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