The fall of Soeharto

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The fall of Soeharto

Geoff Forrester & R.J. May, editors

Crawford House , C. Hurst, c1998

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"Published in association with Regime Change and Regime Maintenance in Asia and the Pacific Project and North Australia Research Unit, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University"

Bibliography: p. 248-252

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

President Soeharto ruled Indonesia for 32 years. Yet he resigned in disgrace on 21st May 1998, amid Indonesia's worst rioting since his assumption of power in 1965. This book looks at how and why he was driven from office.

Table of Contents

  • A Jakarta diary, May 1998, Geoff Forrester
  • the impact of the May crisis in Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara and East Timor, Richard Matthews
  • the Indonesian economy - the strange and sudden death of a tiger, Hal Hill
  • the crisis - contexts and prospects, Ken Young
  • opposition and elite conflict in the fall of Soeharto, Ed Aspinall
  • romancing the dual function - Indonesia's Armed Forces and the fall of Soeharto, Michael R.J. Vatikiotis
  • trends in Indonesian student movements in 1998, Ikrar Nusa Bhaku
  • between pesantran and palace - Nahdlatul Ulama and its role in the transition, Marcus Mietzner
  • what will the post-Soeharto regime be like? Jamie Mackie
  • Indonesian democracy, Harold Crouch
  • a new regime, a more consolidated oligarchy, and a deeply divided anti-Soeharto movement, George J. Aditjondro
  • Indonesia after Soeharto - more of the same, descent into chaos or a shift to reform? Richard Robinson
  • the fall of Soeharto in comparative perspective, R.J. May
  • chronology of events leading to the resignation of President Soeharto, Ikrar Nusa Bhaku
  • President Soeharto's resignation speech.

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