2nd Edition

Oligarchy and the End of Reformasi in Indonesia Power Reorganised

By Vedi R. Hadiz, Richard Robison Copyright 2026
418 Pages
by Routledge

418 Pages
by Routledge

418 Pages
by Routledge

Offering an in-depth account of how the forces and institutions of oligarchy established their ascendancy in post-authoritarian Indonesia, this volume represents the new and updated edition of a highly influential study. In the wake of neo-liberal markets and democracy being progressively replaced by a more state-centred and nationalist vision of Indonesia’s destiny, this new edition charts the... Read more

Part I Historical And Theoretical Frameworks

Introduction

Chapter 1 Theories of Change and the Case Of Indonesia

Chapter 2 The Genesis Of Oligarchy: Soeharto’s New Order, 1965–1982

Part II The Triumph Of Oligarchy, 1982–1997

Chapter 3 Hijacking the Markets

Chapter 4 Capturing the Political Regime

Chapter 5 Disorganising Civil Society

Part III The Oligarchy In Crisis, 1997–1998

Chapter 6 Economic Catastrophe

Chapter 7 Political Unravelling

Part IV Oligarchy Reconstituted

Chapter 8 Reorganising Economic Power

Chapter 9 Reorganising Political Power

Chapter 10 Can Oligarchy Survive?

Part V Power Reorganised

Chapter 11 Power Reorganised: Towards the End of Reformasi

Chapter 12 Economic Nationalism and State Capitalism

Chapter 13 Oligarchy Beyond Reformasi: New Tensions and Contradictions

Biography

Vedi R. Hadiz (FASSA) is Professor of Asian Studies and Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor at the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne, where he was Director. He has also been Assistant Deputy Vice-Chancellor International at the University of Melbourne. At Murdoch University, he was Professor of Asian Societies and Politics and at the National University of Singapore, Associate Professor of Sociology. He has written on oligarchy and capitalism, democracy and populism and labour movements in Indonesia/Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

Richard Robison (FASSA) is Honorary Professorial Fellow at the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne, and Emeritus Professor, Murdoch University. He was formerly Professor of Political Economy at the International Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, the Netherlands, and Director of the Australian Research Council’s Special Centre for the Study of Political and Economic Change in Asia at Murdoch University, Australia. He has written widely on the political economy of Indonesia and Southeast Asia. 

"Readers with an interest in Indonesian politics will eagerly welcome this updated version of a classic study. Reorganising Power in Indonesia set the parameters of debate on the nature of politics in post-Soeharto Indonesia and it remains an indispensable volume today."

-- Edward Aspinall, Australian National University