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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459071203321

Autore

Hadiz Vedi R. <1964->

Titolo

Localising power in post-authoritarian Indonesia [[electronic resource] ] : a Southeast Asia perspective / / Vedi R. Hadiz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, c2010

ISBN

0-8047-7352-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Collana

Contemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific

Disciplina

320.809598

Soggetti

Local government - Indonesia

Decentralization in government - Indonesia

Power (Social sciences) - Indonesia

Elite (Social sciences) - Indonesia

Electronic books.

Indonesia Politics and government 1998-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Localisation and Globalisation -- Chapter One. Decentralisation, Development and Democracy Theoretical Issues and Debates -- Chapter Two. The Post-Authoritarian Context -- Chapter Three. The Localisation of Power and Institutional Change -- Chapter Four. A Political Sociology of Local Elites -- Chapter Five. Money Politics and Thuggery in New Local Democracies -- Chapter Six. The Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is about how the design of institutional change results in unintended consequences. Many post-authoritarian societies have adopted decentralization—effectively localizing power—as part and parcel of democratization, but also in their efforts to entrench "good governance." Vedi Hadiz shifts the attention to the accompanying tensions and contradictions that define the terms under which the localization of power actually takes place. In the process, he develops a compelling analysis that ties social and institutional change to the outcomes of social conflict in local arenas of power. Using the case of



Indonesia, and comparing it with Thailand and the Philippines, Hadiz seeks to understand the seeming puzzle of how local predatory systems of power remain resilient in the face of international and domestic pressures. Forcefully persuasive and characteristically passionate, Hadiz challenges readers while arguing convincingly that local power and politics still matter greatly in our globalized world.