ABSTRACT

This text presents an accessible introduction to the most significant problems facing Indonesia and raises issues for further investigations. It addresses such questions as: how has Indonesia managed to remain one country?; and is there a truly national Indonesian culture?

part |2 pages

Part One: Polity

chapter 1|36 pages

Nation: Making Indonesia

chapter 2|32 pages

Regime: The New Order

chapter 3|36 pages

Regions: Centralization and Resistance

part |2 pages

Part Two: Economy

chapter 4|27 pages

Development: Achievement and Weakness

chapter 5|32 pages

Markets: The Limits of Reform

chapter 6|35 pages

Conglomerates: All in the Family?

part |2 pages

Part Three: Society

chapter 7|32 pages

Religion: Evolving Pluralism

chapter 8|25 pages

Women: Difference Versus Diversity

chapter 9|31 pages

Expression: Creativity Despite Constraint

part |2 pages

Part Four: Transition