Power and Political Culture in Suharto's Indonesia: The Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) and the Decline of the New Order (1986-98)

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Routledge, Jun 2, 2004 - Education - 320 pages
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

1 Questions and Perspectives
1
2 Parties and Political Culture in TwentiethCentury Indonesia
23
3 The Foundations of New Order Political Culture
44
The PDI 197386
63
5 Pancasila Democracy and Sukarno Revival in the 1987 Election
78
6 Openness and the Turn to Opposition 198792
105
7 A Populist Opposition? The PDI in the 1992 Election
141
The 1993 MPR Session
171
9 The Democratic Party and Party Democracy
194
10 The PDI under Megawati
224
11 The Deposing of Megawati
246
12 From the 1997 Election to the Fall of Suharto
279
13 Conclusion
292
Bibliography
310
Index
334
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