Power and Political Culture in Suharto's Indonesia: The Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) and the Decline of the New Order (1986-98)In the mid-1990s, the formerly pliant Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) was transformed into an active opposition party by Megawati Sukarnoputri (now President of Indonesia). The subsequent backlash from the Suharto regime ultimately led to its downfall. |
Contents
Preface | |
Questions and Perspectives | |
Parties and Political Culture in TwentiethCentury | |
The Foundations ofNewOrder Political Culture | |
Pancasila Democracy and SukarnoRevival in the 1987 | |
Openness and the Turn to Opposition 198792 | |
A Populist Opposition? The PDI in the 1992 Election | |
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