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Democracy and Authoritarianism in Indonesia and Malaysia

The Rise of the Post-Colonial State

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  • © 1997

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Authors:
  1. Syed Farid Alatas

    1. Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore, Singapore

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Post-colonial Discourse on the State in Indonesia and Malaysia

    • Syed Farid Alatas
    Pages 1-18

  3. Theories of Democratic and Authoritarian State Formation

    • Syed Farid Alatas
    Pages 19-42

  4. Economy and Society in the Pre-independence Malay-Indonesian World: An Overview

    • Syed Farid Alatas
    Pages 43-69

  5. Peasant and Labour Opposition to the Colonial and Post-colonial State

    • Syed Farid Alatas
    Pages 70-91

  6. Nationalism and the Struggle for Democracy

    • Syed Farid Alatas
    Pages 92-125

  7. From Democracy to Authoritarianism: Tendencies and Transformations

    • Syed Farid Alatas
    Pages 126-149

  8. Historical Analysis and the Future of Democracy

    • Syed Farid Alatas
    Pages 150-164

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 165-233
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The fact that the Malaysian state has managed to maintain a relatively democratic regime, while an authoritarian regime came to power in Indonesia has never been the focus of historical and comparative analyses despite certain cultural, social, and historical affinities between these two countries. This book takes a look at contrasting class structures and alliances, elite cohesion, state strength, as well as differences in political challenges to the state in order to understand two different paths to post-colonial state formation.

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  • Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore, Singapore

    Syed Farid Alatas

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