Title Illiberal democracy in Indonesia : the ideology of the family state / David Bourchier

Published London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015

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Description 1 online resource Series Politics in Asia Politics in Asia series. Contents 1. Starting points -- 2. Organicism and the Volksgeist -- 3. The allure of Japan's "family state" -- 4. 1945 : organicism versus rights -- 5. Revolution, democracy and corporatist antidotes -- 6. Against politics : Soeharto in power -- 7. Engineering hegemony -- 8. Indonesianising Indonesia -- 9. Twilight of the ideologues -- 10. Conclusion Summary "Illiberal Democracy in Indonesia charts the origins and development of organicist ideologies in Indonesia from the early 20th century to the present. In doing so, it provides a background to the theories and ideology that informed organicist though, traces key themes in Indonesian history, examines the Soeharto regime and his 'New Order' in detail, and looks at contemporary Indonesia to question the possibility of past ideologies making a resurgence in the country. Beginning with an exploration of the origins of the theory of the organic state in Europe, this book explores how this influenced many young Indonesian scholars and 'secular' nationalists. It also looks in detail at the case of Japan, and identifies the parallels between the process by which Japanese and Indonesian nationalist scholars drew on European romantic organicist ideas to forge 'anti-Western' national identities and ideologies. The book then turns to Indonesia's tumultuous history from the revolution to 1965, the rise of Soeharto, and how his regime used organicist ideology, together with law and terror, to shape the political landscape consolidate control. In turn, it shows how the social and economic changes wrought by the government's policies, such as the rise of a cosmopolitan middle class and a rapidly growing urban proletariat led to the failure of the corporatist political infrastructure and the eventual collapse of the New Order in 1998. Finally, the epilogue surveys the post Soeharto years to 2014, and how growing disquiet about the inability of the government to contain religious intolerance, violence and corruption, has led to an increased readiness to re-embrace not only more authoritarian styles of rule but also ideological formulas from the past"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed Jan. 28, 2015) Subject Corporate state -- Indonesia -- History Democracy -- Indonesia -- History Political culture -- Indonesia -- History POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference. Corporate state Democracy Political culture Politics and government SUBJECT Indonesia -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85065760 Indonesia -- Politics and government -- 1998- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99003241 Subject Indonesia Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780203379721 0203379721 9781135042219 1135042217

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