POLS 573R NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY Prof. D. King
Spring 2005 Department of Political Science ZH 405
DU 464 Tel. 753-7054
Thursday 3:30-6:10 dking@niu.edu Consulting hours:
Tue. 3-4:30
Fri. 1:30-3
Contemporary Indonesian Politics
This is a graduate seminar designed to introduce you to the
main political issues, conflicts and institutions for managing them through a
wide sampling of the scholarly literature. Our comparative politics curriculum
distinguishes between theoretical and configurative courses. Since this course
is considered one of the latter, it seems appropriate that we proceed rather
"inductively"during most of the course. However, we will devote one
early (third) session to theoretical (deductive) debates about regime change
and you will have the opportunity to think theoretically in an analytical
essay.
Course Requirements:
1. Class participation (weighted 40 percent). The seminar
format will be taken seriously and you are expected to complete assigned
readings on schedule (below), to attend every class and to come prepared to
analyze, synthesize and critique the readings for that week. If study questions
have been assigned in the previous class session, you should prepare (word
processed) written answers prior to their scheduled discussion and hand-in a
copy to Mr. King at the end of the class session. They will be graded
satisfactory/ unsatisfactory. You are also expected to follow current events in
Indonesia through regular reading of an Indonesian news paper (e.g.
www.thejakartapost.com) and to volunteer occasionally to give a five minute,
oral, analytical, current events report.
2. An 8-10 page (double spaced, 12 point font) analytical
essay due April 21 (weighted 30 percent). In this essay, you are requested 1)
to identify/describe an important anomaly/contradiction/puzzle in Indonesian
political life, 2) to indicate how it can be explained (with reference to
several readings) and 3) to forecast what effects it is likely to have in the
medium term (3-5 years). Your puzzle must have my approval no later than March
10 (8th week) and your essay is due on April 14. Then you will be asked to
convey the gist of your paper to the class in a 10 minute oral report using a
1-2 page handout on April 28th or May 5th. This exercise should be helpful
preparation for the final exam.
3. Comprehensive final, take-home examination (weighted 30
percent). The questions will be distributed at the last class session,
Thursday, May 5, and will be due on the following Monday, May 9 at 5 p.m. You
will probably be asked to answer 3 questions in 10 double-spaced pages or less.
Late exams or papers are not acceptable without the prior
permission of the professor and a progressive penalty will most likely be
levied against them.
Readings
All required readings have been placed on electronic or
print reserve in the Library. Three books should be available for purchase at
local bookstores. They are:
1. Kingsbury, Damien. The Politics of Indonesia, 2nd
Edition. (2002)
2. Robison, Richard and Vedi Hadiz, Reorganizing Power in
Indonesia (2004) 3. Emmerson, Donald K. Indonesia Beyond Suharto (1999)
One additional book is available for purchase in paperback
at our CSEAS; contact Michele in Adams 415, telephone 753-1981.
4. Aspinall, Edward and Greg Fealy, Local Power and Politics
in Indonesia
Schedule, Topic and Reading Assignments:
1/20 Introduction
1/27 Overview
Read: Kingsbury, Damien. The Politics of Indonesia, 2nd
Edition. (2002) pp. 1-301 (entire) DS 644.K495 2002
2/3 Theoretical Debates about Regime Change
Read: Richard Robison and Vedi R. Hadiz, Reorganizing Power
in Indonesia (2004), preface and pp. 3-266 (esp. 3-68, 185-266) HC 447.R56 2004
Recommended: Ahmad Habir, "Conglomerates: All in the
Family?" Indonesia Beyond Suharto (IBS) JQ 770.I57 1999
2/10 Financial Crisis, the Fall of Suharto, Reforms and
Transition to Democracy
Read: 1. Emmerson, "Exit and Aftermath: The Crisis of
1997-98," pp. 295-343 in Emmerson, IBS
2. Hill, Hal, The Indonesian Economy since 1966, rev.ed.,
ch. 13, pp. 260-292 HC 447.H55 2000
3. Liddle, R.William, "Indonesia's Democratic
Transition: Playing by the rules," in The Architecture of Democracy, ed.
Andrew Reynolds (Oxford, 2001), pp. 373-399 JC 421 .A73 2002
4. King, Dwight, Half-hearted Reform (2003), pp. 1-12, 48-104
JQ 778.K46 2003
Recommended: Geoff Forrester and R.J.May, eds., The Fall of
Soeharto (1999); R.Wm.Liddle, "Indonesia's Democratic
Opening,"Government and Opposition, 34, 1 (1999): 94-116;Weatherbee,
Donald, "Indonesia," in John Fuhsheng Hsien and David Newman (eds.)
How Asia Votes (2001) Suryadinata, Leo, Elections and Politics in Indonesia
(2002)
2/17 Terrorism and Militant Muslims
Read: 1. Abuza, Zachary. Militant Islam in Southeast Asia,
pp. 1-32; 61-76;140-177; 189-201 231-240 HV 6433.A785 A28 2003
2. International Crisis Group (ICG), "Jemaah Islamiyah
in Southeast Asia: Damaged but still Dangerous," Asia Report No. 63,
August 2003
3. ICG, "Indonesia Backgrounder: Jihad in Central
Sulawesi," Asia Report No. 74, February 2004
4. ICG, "Why Salafism and Terrorism Mostly don't
Mix," Asia Report No. 83, September 2004
2/24 Consolidating Democracy: Constitutional Changes and the
Elections of 2004
Read:
1. Sebastian, Leonard, "The Paradox of Indonesian
Democracy," Contemporary Southeast Asia 26, No.2, pp. 256-
2. Emmerson, Donald, "A Year of Voting
Dangerously?" Journal of Democracy. Vol 15, No. 1, 2004
3. . NDI, "Advancing Democracy in Indonesia: The Second
Democratic Legislative Elections since the Transition," (June 2004) See
NDI's on-line library Access Democracy at <www.ndi.org>
Recommended:
Liddle, "Indonesia in 2000: A Shaky Start for
Democracy," Asian Survey 41, No. 1, pp. 208-220; Malley, " Indonesia
in 2001: Restoring Stability in Jakarta," Asian Survey 42, No. 1, pp.
124-132; Malley, "Indonesia in 2002: The Rising Cost of Inaction,"
Asian Survey 43, No. 6, pp. 135-146; Kipp, "Indonesia in 2003: Terror's
Aftermath," Asian Survey 44, No. 1, pp. 62-69
3/3 The Political Parties
Read:
1. Sherlock, Stephen, "The 2004 Indonesian Elections:
How the System Works and What the Parties Stand For," [list URL if still
there]
2. Tan, Paige Johnson, "Anti-party Reaction in
Indonesia: Causes and Implications," Contemporary Southeast Asia 24, No. 3,
pp. 484
3. Slater, Daniel, "Indonesia's Accountability
Trap,"(Manuscript; forthcoming in Indonesia )
4.. Baswedan, Anies, "Political Islam in
Indonesia," Asian Survey 44, No. 5,pp. 669-690 <
http://caliber.ucpress.net/toc/as/44/5>
3/10 The Military and Democratization
Read:
1. Kingsbury, Damien. "The Reform of the Indonesian
Armed Forces," Contemporary Southeast Asia 22, No. 2 pp. 302-
2. Chandra, Siddharth and Kammen, Douglas, "Generating
Reforms and Reforming Generations" World Politics 55, No.1, pp:
3. Honna, Jun, Military Politics and Democratization in
Indonesia, pp. 1-7, 158-209 JQ766.C58 H663 2003
4. ICG, "Indonesia: Rethinking Internal Security
Strategy," Asia Report No. 90, December 2004
<www.icg.org/home/index.cfm?id=31908/=1>
Recommended:
Kingsbury, Damien, Power Politics and the Indonesian
Military SAX DS 644.K4953 2003
3/17 Spring break, no class
3/24: Courts and the Judiciary
Read:
1. Lev, Daniel, Legal Evolution and Political Authority in
Indonesia, pp. 3-12, 305-336: SAX KNW 120.L48 2000
2.. Lucas, Anton and Carol Warren, 'The State, the People
and their Mediators: The Struggle over Agrarian Law Reform in Post-New Order
Indonesia," Indonesia, October 2003
4. Soetjipto, "Legal Reform and Challenges in
Indonesia" pp.269-277 in Indonesia in Transition, Chris Manning and P.
Diermen (eds) HN 703.5 I54 2000
5. Tim Lindsey, "Black Letter, Black Market and Bad
Faith: Corruption and the Failure of Law Reform" Ibid., pp. 278-292
3/31 Regional Resistance and Ethno-nationalism
Read:
1. Malley, Michael, " Regions: Centralization and
Resistance," pp. 71-105 in IBS
2. Bertrand, Jacques, "Democratization and religious
and nationalist conflict in post-Suharto Indonesia," pp. ?? In
Democratization and identity, Susan J. Henders (ed) JQ1499.A91 D46 2004
3. Sukma, Rizal, "Conflict management in
post-authoritarian Indonesia," pp. 64-74 in Kamien Kingsbury and Harry
Aveling (eds.), Autonomy and Disintegratioln in Indonesia DS 644.5 A98 2003
(ADI)
4/7 Separatism: Aceh
Read:
1. Aspinall, Edward, "Modernity, history and
ethnicity," pp. 128-147 in ADI
2. Sukma, Rizal, "Aceh in post-Suharto Indonesia,"
pp. 148-156 in ADI
. 3. Rodd McGibbon, "Local Politics and
Leadership" Conference on the Historical Background of the Aceh Problem,
2004 (manuscript)
Recommended:
4/14 Separatism: Papua
Video in class: "Land of the Morning Star"
Read:
1. Chauvel, Richard, "Papua and Indonesia," pp.
115-127 in ADI
2. Rodd McGibbon, "Secessionist Challenges in Aceh and
Papua: Is Special Autonomy the Solution?" Policy Studies 10, East-West
Center, Washington, 2004
[Online at: www.eastwestcenterwashington.org/publications]
Recommended:
4/21 Local Politics and Democratization
Read: Aspinall, Edward and Greg Fealy, eds., Local Power and
Politics in Indonesia
JQ 766.58 L634 2003
4/28 Individual Student Reports
5/5 Individual Student Reports, Course Evaluation and
Distribution of Final Exam
5/9 Final Exam due in printed format 5 p.m.
Contemporary political history
Schwarz, Adam. A Nation in Waiting, 2nd ed. (Boulder:
Westview, 2000)
Political culture
Romano, Angela. Politics and the Press in Indonesia:
Understanding an evolving political culture (London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2003) SAX
5449 .I5, R66 2003
Political economy
Winters, Jeffrey A. Power in Motion. (Ithaca: Cornell, 1996)
HG 5752.W56 1996
Political institutions
A. Law and judiciary
Lev, Daniel S. Legal Evolution and Political Authority in
Indonesia (The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2000) SAX KNW 120 .L48 2000
B. Military
Anwar, Dewi Fortuna. "Negotiating and Consolidating
Democratic Civilian Control of the Indonesian Military." East West Center
Occasional Papers, Politics and Security Series, No. 4, February 2001 SAX UA853
.I5 A793 2001
O'Rourke, Kevin. Reformasi: the Struggle for Power in
Post-Soeharto Indonesia (New South Wales: Allen and Unwin, 2002
Political culture