Challenging Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia: Comparing Indonesia and Malaysia - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 041534705X ISBN 13: 9780415347051

Publisher: Routledge, 2004

Synopsis

Following the collapse of New Order rule in Indonesia in 1998, this book provides an in-depth examination of anti-authoritarian forces in contemporary Indonesia and Malaysia, assessing their problems and prospects.

About this title

About the Author:

Ariel Heryanto is Lecturer at the Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies, The University of Melbourne. Sumit K. Mandal is Research Fellow at the Institute of Malaysian and International Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

Review:

'Together, the six essays and the incisive introduction provide some new ways of looking at authoritarianism in the region.' - Contemporary Southeast Asia

'Ariel Heryanto, Sumit Mandal and their co-writers are to be congratulated for the publication of this important book ... it offers the reader a serious and in-depth evaluation of the socio-political implications of the [reformasi].' - The Jakarta Post

'The well-researched material detailing some of the political and social dynamics at work within Indonesian and Malaysian civil society in the last decade are a significant contribution to our understanding of this period of great change.' - Intersections (Murdoch University)

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 041534705X
• ISBN 13: 9780415347051
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 260
• Editor: Heryanto Ariel, Mandal Sumit K.