Indonesian Politics and Society

by Bourchier; David

• ISBN13: 9780415262613
• ISBN10: 0415262615
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2003-04-25
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Using and exhaustive selection of primary sources, this book presents a rich and textured picture of Indonesian politics and society from 1965 to the dramatic changes which have taken place in recent years. Providing a complete portrait of the Indonesian political landscape, this authoritative reader is an essential resource in understanding the history of the New Order, its present constitution and contradictions as well as the road ahead.

Table of Contents

Notes on the authors	xi
Glossary	xxiii
Acknowledgements	xxvii
Introduction	1	(1)
Ideological conflict in Indonesian history	2	(5)
Conceptualising political thinking	7	(4)
The search for a political format, 1965--73	11	(2)
The New Order at its height, 1973--88	13	(3)
Tensions and contradictions: 1988--97	16	(2)
Crisis and reform: 1997--9	18	(3)
Legacies	21	(4)
PART I The search for a political format, 1965--73	25	(70)
The organicist camp	27	(29)
keep attacking them	30	(1)
Api
Supersemar	31	(2)
Banning communism	33	(1)
the dual function of the armed forces	34	(3)
Ali Moertopo
Pancasila democracy	37	(4)
Soeharto
the family state	41	(2)
Abdulkadir Besar
national political history	43	(2)
Ali Moertopo
the floating mass	45	(4)
Ali Moertopo
democratic rights may not be used as masks	49	(7)
Soeharto
Modernising pluralism	56	(26)
a two-party system	59	(5)
Soemarno
the need for a progressive, independent force	64	(3)
Soelaiman Soemardi
voting and the composition of parliament	67	(3)
A. Rahman Tolleng
the concept of the floating mass	70	(1)
Kompas
Mahasiswa Indonesia: the holy anger of a generation	71	(2)
The White Group: boycott the elections	73	(1)
the moral force	74	(2)
Arief Budiman
polemic on the military's dual function	76	(6)
Abadi
Berita Yudha
Marginalised Islam	82	(13)
protecting the umat	84	(1)
Idham Chalid
the shocking draft bill on marriage	85	(3)
Hamka
Islam yes, Islamic parties no!	88	(4)
Nurcholish Madjid
development-oriented Islam	92	(3)
H.M.S. Mintaredja
PART II The New Order at its height, 1973--88	95	(64)
Organicism ascendant	97	(21)
Muslims who fail to understand	99	(4)
Soeharto
Pancasila, the legacy of our ancestors	103	(7)
Soeharto
Indonesianising Indonesians	110	(2)
Ali Moertopo
The law on social organisations	112	(3)
the armed forces must not take sides	115	(3)
Abdulkadir Besar
Pluralist critiques	118	(21)
ITB Student Council: White Book of the Students' Struggle	120	(6)
The Petition of Fifty	126	(2)
Indonesian Legal Aid Institute: threats to NGOs in the bill on social organisations	128	(4)
the promise of the New Order betrayed	132	(4)
H.R. Dharsono
we can be Pancasilaists and liberals	136	(3)
Abdurrahman Wahid
Islam out in the cold	139	(20)
critique of Pancasila democracy	141	(3)
K.H. Hasbullah Bakry
don't let Pancasila kill Islam	144	(4)
Sjafruddin Prawiranegara
The Indonesian Muslim Students' Association: no more political engineering	148	(3)
let me die for the Islamic world!	151	(4)
Amir Biki
choices facing the Muslim middle class	155	(4)
Abdurrahman Wahid
PART III Themes in the later New Order	159	(116)
Radicalism and new social movements	161	(24)
the need for an independent trade union	163	(4)
Setiakawan
the Indonesian student movement -- a force for radical social change?	167	(3)
Fazlur Akhmad
anti-violence manifesto	170	(2)
Taufik Rahzen
SKEPHI: people-oriented forest management	172	(3)
gender equality, a universal struggle	175	(4)
Nursyahbani Katjasungkana
a caution	179	(1)
Wiji Thukul
People's Democratic Party: manifesto	179	(6)
`Political openness' and democratisation	185	(27)
aspiring to normal politics	188	(4)
Soemitro
openness	192	(3)
Soeharto
the state of emergency is over	195	(2)
Gadjah Mada alumni
Democratic Forum: rekindle society's critical capacity	197	(2)
LIPI: reforming the New Order	199	(4)
an agenda for reform	203	(4)
Megawati Soekarnoputri
must Islam accept democracy?	207	(5)
Muhammad Shiddiq Al-Jawi
State and society relations	212	(22)
Kopkamtib: intelligence test	215	(1)
poem of an angry person	216	(1)
W.S. Rendra
Bento	217	(1)
Iwan Fals
speak out!	218	(1)
Marsillam Simanjuntak
International NGO Forum on Indonesia: democracy and the right to organise	219	(4)
The Sirnagalih Declaration	223	(1)
Islam and the state in the New Order	224	(2)
Abdurrahman Wahid
ICMI's vision	226	(4)
Dawam Rahardjo
communists	230	(4)
Y.B. Mangunwijaya
Human rights and the rule of law	234	(21)
the separation of powers is alien to our constitution	237	(1)
Hamid S. Attamimi
Indonesian human rights	237	(2)
Padmo Wahyono
human rights and the constitution	239	(2)
Harry Tjan Silalahi
Adnan Buyung Nasution
the concept of the integralist state hinders democracy	241	(3)
Harjono Tjitrosoebono
the need for a reliable legal system	244	(2)
Budiono Kusumohamidjojo
the diplomatic scam called human rights	246	(2)
Juwono Sudarsono
Indonesian NGOs for Democracy: joint declaration on human rights	248	(2)
Government of Indonesia: rights and obligations	250	(5)
Federalism, regionalism and the unitary state	255	(20)
regional autonomy, a constitutional right	258	(2)
Frans Seda
the trouble in Irian Jaya	260	(3)
Manuel Kaisiepo
Aceh might still secede	263	(2)
Mohammad Daud Yoesoef
if only I were free	265	(4)
Anonymous
federalism as an antidote to separatism	269	(2)
Y.B. Mangunwijaya
federalism is not right for Indonesia	271	(4)
Major-General Sudrajat
PART IV Crisis and reform	275	(35)
Looking beyond the New Order	277	(33)
succession in 1998 - an imperative	280	(2)
Amien Rais
LIPI researchers: restore our dignity as a nation	282	(2)
People's Democratic Party: end the dictatorship!	284	(1)
Jakarta students: proposal for an Indonesian People's Committee	285	(3)
total reform	288	(2)
Emil Salim
Indonesian professionals: no justice and transparency, no tax	290	(1)
crimes against humanity	291	(4)
I. Sandyawan Sumardi
a new beginning	295	(7)
President B.J. Habibie
Media Indonesia: an ideology of tolerance	302	(1)
The armed forces: a new paradigm	303	(3)
overhaul the military	306	(4)
Agus Wirahadikusumah
Bibliography	310	(9)
Index	319