Authoritarian Modernization in Indonesia’s Early Independence Period
The Foundation of the New Order State (1950-1965)
Abstract
In Authoritarian Modernization in Indonesia’s Early Independence Period, Farabi Fakih offers a historical analysis of the foundational years leading to Indonesia’s New Order state (1966–1998) during the early independence period. The study looks into the structural and ideological state formation during the so-called Liberal Democracy (1950–1957) and Sukarno’s Guided Democracy (1957–1965). In particular, it analyses how the international technical aid network and the dominant managerialist ideology of the period legitimized a new managerial elite. The book discusses the development of managerial education in the civil and military sectors in Indonesia. The study gives a strongly backed argument that Sukarno’s constitutional reform during the Guided Democracy period inadvertently provided a strong managerial blueprint for the New Order developmentalist state. Readership: All those interested in the political history of Indonesia, the history of the developmental state and the history of managerial ideology.
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HistoryDOI
10.1163/9789004437722Publisher
BrillPublisher website
https://brill.com/Publication date and place
2020Imprint
BRILLSeries
Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, 312Classification
History