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The Indonesian Presidency
The Shift from Personal toward Constitutional Rule
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2005
Summary
This pioneering study of the Indonesian presidency significantly redefines our understanding of Indonesian politics from independence to the present. Angus McIntyre blends political biography with constitutional history to locate Indonesian leaders within both Indonesian cultural frameworks and the global biographical literature on political leaders.The Indonesian Presidency shows how Indonesia's 1945 constitution provided first for the personal rule of presidents Sukarno and Soeharto and then facilitated the shift towards constitutional rule that marked the presidencies of B.J. Habibie, Abdurrahman Wahid, and Megawati Sukarnoputri. This important study elevates the personalities of Sukarno and Soeharto into key explanatory factors for the character of their "Guided Democracy" and "New Order" regimes, respectively. It argues that in 1959 Sukarno began fashioning his system of personal rule, to the detriment of Indonesia's parliamentary democracy. Another constitutional turning point occurred in 1998, when a rudimentary constitutional rule reappeared. The broad shift since 1998 from personal to constitutional rule has its personal counterpoint in the relationship between Megawati and her father, which makes this unique blend of history and biography a powerful tool for understanding the Indonesian presidency. An afterword by the author on the book's website, www.rowmanlittlefield.com/isbn/0742538273, brings readers up to date on Indonesian political developments that have affected the presidency since the book's publication.For an up-to-date afterword by the author, click here; for glossary, click here.
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Edition
1/2005
Copyright Year
2005
ISBN-Print
978-0-7425-3827-6
ISBN-Online
978-1-4616-0465-5
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
303
Product Type
Monograph
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Table of Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 5
1: The Return to the 1945 Constitution No access Pages 6 - 22
2: The Personal Rule of Sukarno No access
3: Suffering from the Quiet: Sukarno's Desolation and His Politics of Being Central No access
4: Aging and Fear of Death: Sukarno's Politics of Rejuvenation and His Quest for Immortality No access
5: Sukarno: Abandoned by History? No access
6: The Personal Rule of Soeharto No access
7: Soeharto's Composure No access
8: Megawati and the Emergence of Constitutional Rule No access
9: Childhood and Youth of Megawati Sukarnoputri No access
10: Megawati Sukarnoputri's Political Apprenticeship No access
11: Challenging Soeharto No access
12: The Fall of Soeharto No access
13: Democracy Returns No access
14: A Female President? No access
15: Megawati Sukamoputri as Vice President No access
16: President Megawati Sukamoputri No access
Conclusion No access Pages 251 - 260
Postscript: The Indonesian Parliamentary Elections of 2004 No access Pages 261 - 266
