Indonesia in 1997: the tinderbox year

Asian Survey

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 168-176

  Bird, Judith ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL UNREST; DOMESTIC POLITICS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SOEHARTO;

INDONESIA;

EID: 0031711152     PISSN: 00044687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2645675     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Richard Baker, Indonesia's Evolving Politics: Implications of the 1997-1998 Elections, USINDO Report, August 1997.
2. William Liddle, draft of article in Muslim Politics, June 1997.
3. World Bank, Indonesia: Sustaining High Growth with Equity, Report no. 16433-IND, May 30, 1997.
4. James Castle, Indonesia's Financial Package, USINDO Report, December 1997. Castle uses one figure; there are many others, some of which factor in individual country pledges.
5. KOSGORO: A cooperative movement of former "students' army," guerrillas, and conservative intellectuals. It was formed during the Soekarno days and is closely aligned with GOLKAR. KNPI: Indonesian National Youth Council, affiliated with GOLKAR but theoretically independent. In April, the group nominated Soeharto in a televised meeting with him; in December the East Java chapter failed to endorse that nomination. CIDES: Center for Information and Development Studies, affiliated with the Indonesian Association of Muslim Intellectuals.