This book responds to the critical need of policymakers, practitioners, and scholars for current research on Indonesia.

For decades almost the only social scientists who visited Indonesia’s provinces were anthropologists. Anybody interested in politics or economics spent most o

This study discusses the process of military reform in Indonesia after the fall of Suharto?s New Order regime in 1998. The extent of Indonesia?s progress in thi

Party Politics and Democratization in Indonesia: Golkar in the Post-Suharto Era provides the first in-depth analysis of contemporary Indonesian party politics a

In an important social change, female Muslim political leaders in Java have enjoyed considerable success in direct local elections following the fall of Suharto