Sven Cederroth

Jan Lindström

Claes Corlin

Essays on Mortuary Rituals and Eschatological Beliefs

On the Meaning of Death

Hans Antlov

This text examines how leaders on Java rise to power, stay in power and pass their power on. Most of these essays deal with rural power but a few address more general issues of leadership.

Gentle Hints, Authoritarian Rule

Leadership on Java

It has sometimes been argued that many Indonesians had little sympathy with western notions of elections being events for the contesting and transfer of power and that they rather supported the New Order's use of 'festivals of democracy', elections as occasions at which the mass of ordinary Indonesians were given the opportunity to celebrate the country's achievements under the rule of its New Order leadership as well as legitimize the continued rule of these leaders. But the need to stage-manage these 'elections' as New Order triumphs finally undid the regime. With chapters describing the last New Order election and the first free election in the post-Suharto era, this volume makes an important contribution to our understanding of the demise of the New Order, and the directions being taken by the emerging regime.

The New Order and Beyond

Elections in Indonesia

Sven Cederroth

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