Reformasi Reversal: Structural Drivers of Democratic Decline In Jokowi’s Middle-Income Indonesia, Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies

By Jacqui Baker, Murdoch University, Dec 6, 2023

Abstract Excerpt – This article surveys the marquee events in the year ahead of Indonesia’s 2024 election, finding that the field of democratic political contestation has further narrowed due to the criminalisation of political opponents, the end of the campaign against corruption, the decline of judicial activism, political recentralisation and the collapse of national protest movements. Examined in totality, this article argues not only that Indonesia’s Reformasi movement is dead as a salient political force, but also that today’s political elites seek to roll back many of its core achievements. … the demobilisation of the opposition, the consolidation of President Jokowi’s ruling coalition and the curtailing of political contestation. …

Jacqui Baker (2023) Reformasi Reversal: Structural Drivers of Democratic Decline in Jokowi’s Middle-Income Indonesia, Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 59:3, 341-364, DOI: 10.1080/00074918.2023.2286020

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