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Beyond Oligarchy: Wealth, Power, and Contemporary Indonesian Politics (Southeast Asia Program Publications)
Michele Ford (Ed.)
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Description for Beyond Oligarchy: Wealth, Power, and Contemporary Indonesian Politics (Southeast Asia Program Publications)
Hardcover. Editor(s): Ford, Michele; Pepinsky, Thomas B. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 599.
Beyond Oligarchy is a collection of essays by leading scholars of contemporary Indonesian politics and society, each addressing effects of material inequality on political power and contestation in democratic Indonesia. The contributors assess how critical concepts in the study of politics-oligarchy, inequality, power, democracy, and others-can be used to characterize the Indonesian case, and in turn, how the Indonesian experience informs conceptual and analytical debates in political science and related disciplines. In bringing together experts from around the world to engage with these themes, Beyond Oligarchy reclaims a tradition of focused intellectual debate across scholarly communities in Indonesian studies. ... Read more
Beyond Oligarchy is a collection of essays by leading scholars of contemporary Indonesian politics and society, each addressing effects of material inequality on political power and contestation in democratic Indonesia. The contributors assess how critical concepts in the study of politics-oligarchy, inequality, power, democracy, and others-can be used to characterize the Indonesian case, and in turn, how the Indonesian experience informs conceptual and analytical debates in political science and related disciplines. In bringing together experts from around the world to engage with these themes, Beyond Oligarchy reclaims a tradition of focused intellectual debate across scholarly communities in Indonesian studies. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Southeast Asia Program Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
599g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780877273264
SKU
V9780877273264
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About Michele Ford (Ed.)
Michele Ford is Professor of Southeast Asian Studies and Director of the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre at the University of Sydney, where she holds an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship. She is the author of Workers and Intellectuals. Thomas B. Pepinsky is Associate Professor of Government at Cornell University and Associate Director of the Cornell Modern Indonesia Project. ... Read more
Reviews for Beyond Oligarchy: Wealth, Power, and Contemporary Indonesian Politics (Southeast Asia Program Publications)
At long last, leading experts on Indonesian politics are arguing with each other again. At the heart of this new debate is the importance of material inequality and extreme wealth concentration in shaping the character of Indonesian politics. Beyond Oligarchy collects a series of first-rate essays that both express the power and explore the limitations of analyses that portray the ... Read more