ABSTRACT
This chapter brings together the evidence of a common representative repertoire from the previous three chapters to consider how this form of claim-making has allowed the innovative technocrats to develop ideational power in Indonesia. This ideational power is most evident in the ability of these leaders to win re-election in existing roles and even to step up to new political positions. At the same time, ideational explanations need to be considered alongside the institutional and structural contours of Indonesian politics. This chapter explores both the independent explanatory power of ideational factors as well as the complex ways in which ideas interact with structural and institutional forms of power. Finally, this chapter notes how nationalisation requirements mean that the political parties are unable to draw on the same model as the leaders explored in this book, and how political parties almost used their institutional power to halt the emergence of the innovative technocrats.
