The Vortex of Power Intellectuals and Politics in Indonesia's Post-A
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 l
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AIRLANGGA PRIBADI KUSMAN
The Vortex of Power
Airlangga Pribadi Kusman
The Vortex of Power Intellectuals and Politics in Indonesia’s Post-Authoritarian Era
Airlangga Pribadi Kusman Department of Politics Airlangga University Surabaya, Indonesia
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Preface
The post-authoritarian period provides the socio-economic and political context within which good governance and democratic institutionalbuilding have taken place in Indonesia. As strategic actors in governance processes, intellectuals have significant roles in such institutional-building. The book will uncover the socio-political role of intellectuals in East Java Province, especially Surabaya, by utilising a political economy and political sociology analysis. The contribution of intellectuals to local governance processes and democratic politics in East Java is achieved not only through their roles as knowledge producers and disseminators but through their actions as participants in the struggle over power and wealth, as members of electoral campaign teams, local government advisers as well as propagandists. East Java intellectuals eased into taking up these roles because there had been no space for creating social bases for progressive forces in civil society under New Order authoritarianism. Hence, there was a strong tendency fo
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