State And Labour In New Order Indonesia

Features chapters written by key figures in Indonesia's new labour movement - offering insights into the social and political consciousness of segments of Indonesia's new urban working classes. The character of the responses to these new social forces will have a direct bearing on future political transitions.

Demonstrating how the strict labour controls in Indonesia are a legacy of the struggles between the army and the Left before the new order, this work explains how a corporatist social and political framework continues to constrain the development of labour movements.

Examines the contradictions between the liberal democratic image of Serikat Pekerja Selurah Indonesia (SPSI), the state recognized trade union federation, and its practices as an integral part of the state. Discusses the likelihood of renewed international pressure for labour reforms and the recognition of workers' rights.

Examines Indonesia's business environment since reformasi began in 1998 - what stayed the same, what changed and what could change. Includes insights of distinguished and stimulating speakers from business, independent research organisations, and academic institutions in Indonesia, Australia and elsewhere. Eng from ANU.

The first analysis of how Indonesia's labor movement overcame organizational weakness to become the most vibrant in Southeast Asia.

This book explores the evolving political culture in Indonesia, by discussing the country's dominant political philosophies, then showing how those philosophies affect the working lives of ordinary Indonesian citizens. It focuses in particular on the working lives of news journalists, a group that occupies a strategic social and political position.

Indonesia's President Soeharto led one of the most durable and effective authoritarian regimes of the second half of the twentieth century. Yet his rule ended in ignominy, and much of the turbulence and corruption of the subsequent years was blamed on his legacy. More than a decade after Soeharto's resignation, Indonesia is a consolidating democracy and the time has come to reconsider the place of his regime in modern Indonesian history, and its lasting impact. This book begins this task by bringing together a collection of leading experts on Indonesia to examine Soeharto and his legacy from diverse perspectives. In presenting their analyses, these authors pay tribute to Harold Crouch, an Australian political scientist who remains one of the greatest chroniclers of the Soeharto regime and its aftermath.

This book is divided into two broad categories. There are those which provide an analysis of major developments during 2001 in individual Southeast Asian countries and in the region generally. Then there are the theme articles of a more specialized nature which deal with topical problems of concern. This volume contains twenty articles, dealing with such major themes as international conflict and co-operation, political stability, and economic growth and development.