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Pengarang utama

McIntyre, Angus

Judul

Indonesian presidency, Sukarno, Soeharto, Megawati, and the transition from personal toward constitutional rule

Bahasa

eng

Keterangan publikasi

[New York]: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005

Deskripsi fisik

303 hlm.

Subjek

1. Indonesia. Presiden
2. Soeharto, 1921-
3. Soekarno, 1901-1970

Anotasi

This pioneering study of the Indonesian presidency significantly redefines our understanding of Indonesian politics from independence to the present. Angus McIntyre blends political biography with constitutional history to locate Indonesian leaders within both Indonesian cultural frameworks and the global biographical literature on political leaders. The Indonesian Presidency shows how Indonesias constitution provided first for the personal rule of presidents Sukarno and Soeharto and then facilitated the shift towards constitutional rule that marked the presidencies of B.J. Habibie, Abdurrahman Wahid, and Megawati Sukarnoputri. This important study elevates the personalities of Sukarno and Shoeharto into key explanatory factors for the character of their Guided Democracy and New Order regimes, respectively. It argues that in Sukarno began fashioning his system of personal rule, to the detriment of Indonesias parliamentary democracy. Another constitutional turning point occurred in , when a rudimentary constitutional rule reappeared. The broad shift since from personal to constitutional rule has its personal counterpoint in the relationship between Megawati and her father, which makes this unique blend of history and biography a powerful tool for understanding the Indonesian presidency.

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