Indonesian local party politics: A site of resistance to neoliberal reform

Critical Asian Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 615-636

  Hadiz, Vedi R ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; NEOLIBERALISM; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL REFORM; REGIONAL POLITICS;

ASIA; EAST JAVA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDONESIA; NORTH SUMATRA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 10344242023     PISSN: 14672715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1467271042000273275     Document Type: Article

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