The Vortex of Power Intellectuals and Politics in Indonesia's Post-Authoritarian Era /

• Main Author: Kusman, Airlangga Pribadi (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Political science.; Public administration.; Asia-Politics and government.; Democracy.; Public policy.; Governance and Government.; Public Administration.; Asian Politics.; Public Policy.

This book explores the role of intellectuals and governance processes in post-authoritarian Indonesia. Focusing on East Java, the author argues that intellectuals have played an increasingly direct and practical role in the exercise of governance at the local level of Indonesian politics. The book p...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Intellectuals and the Politics of Good Governance: Theoretical Considerations
• 3. Historical Context of the Relationship between Intellectuals and the Political Elite
• 4. The Windfall of Post-authoritarianism
• 5. Building a New Political Structure in Post-authoritarian East Java: The New Role of Intellectuals
• 6. Intellectuals in the Rebuilding of Political Power in Post-authoritarian Indonesia
• 7. Intellectuals and Disorganised Social movements in East Java: The Lapindo Mudflow Case
• 8. Conclusion.