196 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
The disintegration of Indonesia's New Order regime in 1998 and the fall of
Soeharto put an end to the crude forms of centralised authoritarianism and
economic protectionism that allowed large Chinese conglomerates to dom-
inate Indonesia's private sector. Contrary to all expectations, most of the
major capitalist groups, though damaged considerably by the Asian Crisis,
managed to... Read more
1. Introduction: Capital and the State 2. Theoretical Framework: Power Configurations of State and Capital 3. Limited Capitalists: Chinese Big Business and the State Before 1998 4. Capital in Crisis: The Conglomerates and the End of the New Order 5. Capital’s Reaction: The Survival of the Conglomerates 6. Capital Unlimited: Towards a New Accommodation 7. Conclusion: The State of Capital
Biography
Christian Chua works for Deutsche Bank, Germany, and lectures at the Humboldt University Berlin and the University of Frankfurt.
