Indonesia at the CrossroadsTransformation and Challenges

Okamoto Masaaki and Jafar Suryomenggolo (eds)
January 2023
Trans Pacific Press & Gadjah Mada University Press
420pages ISBN: 978-1-9256-0837-3

This volume covers a wide range of issues including governance, economic development, and social transformations in the rapidly changing post-Reformasi period. All of the chapters are well informed by field research of experienced specialists. It is also a unique attempt in that all of the authors come from non-Western countries. This book is an essential contribution to the study of contemporary Indonesia.

— Koichi Kawamura, Deputy Director-General of Area Studies Center, Institute of Developing Economies

”This book attempts to discuss the future of Indonesia and the various challenges it faces. After breaking free from authoritarianism two decades ago, Indonesia has achieved a lot of success although it still has shortcomings. This book is important because it offers a comprehensive perspective in assessing the future of Indonesia. Several major consensuses within the Indonesian nation, such as economic development, the vibrant live of democracy and its civil society, and the growing harmony of a pluralistic society, have become a reason for optimism about Indonesia’s future.

— Made Supriatma, Visiting Fellow at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute

This book focuses critically on the dynamics of contemporary issues in Indonesia. Its descriptions cover the power struggles that slow down Reform and democratization. It also shows that Indonesia has the potential to overcome various contradictions and other transformative challenges and that would lead to further open and dynamic theoretical debate.

— Abdur Rozaki M.Si, Vice Rector of Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University Yogyakarta


Table of contents


List of Tables
List of Figures
Acknowledgments

Introduction


Part 1: Governance and Social Dynamics
Chapter 1: Managing Multiculturalism in 21st Century Indonesia amid Ethnic and Religious Diversity / Thung Ju Lan
Chapter 2: Post-Reformasi Dynamism of the Urban Landscape: A Visual Report of the Street Art of Yogyakarta / Brigitta Isabella
Chapter 3: Religious Intolerance after Reformasi: Violence against the Shia Community in Sampang Regency, Madura / Kayane Yuka
Chapter 4: The Uneasy Road to Peace: Papuanization and the Politics of Recognition / Rosita Dewi


Part 2: Paths to Equality
Chapter 5: The Dynamic of Education Outcome in Decentralized Indonesia (2000–2014) / Abdul Wahid Fajar Amin
Chapter 6: Understanding Metropolitan Poverty: The Profile of Poverty in Jabodetabek / Asep Suryahadi and Cecilia Marlina vi
Chapter 7: Between Land Tenure Security and Agricultural Production: Problems of Farmland Liquidation in Rural Java / Ernoiz Antriyandarti and Susi Wuri Ani
Chapter 8: Fiscal Policy and Infrastructure Development: A Reflection of the Two Decades after the 1997 Financial Crisis / Maxensius Tri Sambodo and Latif Adam


Part 3: Structural Challenges
Chapter 9: Corruption and Anti-Corruption: Major Challenges to Reform / Adnan Topan Husodo
Chapter 10: Beyond the Enclave? Human Rights Promotion Strategies in Post-Reformasi Indonesia / Suh Jiwon
Chapter 11: Return Strategy of the State: Re-taming Private Security Providers in Democratized Indonesia / Okamoto Masaaki
Chapter 12: Intelligence Apparatus after Suharto: A Troubled Reform / Muhamad Haripin and Diandra Megaputri Mengko


Concluding Remarks / Jafar Suryomenggolo and Okamoto Masaaki

Index
Contributors