Leadership on Java: Gentle Hints, Authoritarian Rule (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Monograph Series) (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies: Studies in Asian Topics)

edited by Hans Antlöv and Sven Cederroth

ISBN 10: 0700702954 / ISBN 13: 9780700702954

Published by Richmond, Surrey : Curzon Press, 1995

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viii, 197 pages ; 22 cm. Contents: Introduction / Hans Antlov and Sven Cederroth -- The Development and Demise of the Traditional Javanese Aristocracy / Sartono Kartodirjo -- Traditional Leadership in Rural Java / Ina Slamet-Velsink -- The Ideology of Javanese-Indonesian Leadership / Niels Mulder -- Village Leaders and the New Order / Hans Antlov -- Pamong Desa or Raja Desa? Wealth, Status and Power of Village Officials / Jean-Luc Maurer -- Village Elections in Central Java State Control or Local Democracy? / Frans Husken -- New Order Modernization and Islam Village Officials and Religious Teachers / Sven Cederroth -- Can the Javanese Do Business? The Awakening of Indigenous Capitalists in Indonesia / Francois Raillon.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Leadership on Java: Gentle Hints, Authoritarian Rule (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Monograph Series) (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies: Studies in Asian Topics)
• Publisher: Richmond, Surrey : Curzon Press
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0700702954
• ISBN 13: 9780700702954
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Southeast Asia

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Synopsis

This text examines how leaders on Java rise to power, stay in power and pass their power on. Most of these essays deal with rural power but a few address more general issues of leadership.

About the Author

Hans Antlöv, Sven Cederroth