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2015, East Asia Forum
Indonesian President Joko Widodo's first year in power has revealed a surprising conservatism.
Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 2015
When President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) took office in October 2014, he promised to usher in a new style of politics, generating optimism among many Indonesians that his government would enthusiastically promote reform. Yet Jokowi has since placed greater value on realpolitik than on reform, as evidenced by his choice of cabinet members, his response to the controversy surrounding senior police officer Budi Gunawan, and his handling of attempts by the police and others to weaken Indonesia’s respected Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). This article shows that Jokowi failed to deliver on his promises of reform largely owing to a combination of personal and external factors. He failed to show leadership on anti-corruption and human-rights issues, for example—in part because he prefers economic development over democratic reform, but also because he is not immune to the oligarchic politics that dominate Indonesia’s political life and promote the interests of Indonesia’s elite.
South East Asia Research, 2021
Asia Maior XXXIII, 2022
This article, which was written jointly with the Indonesian demographer, Riwanto Tirtosudarmo, formerly of the Research Centre for Society and Culture of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (PMB-LIPI), who did the lion's share of the research. It looks at political developments during current Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi's) second and final term in office (2019-24), concentrating on domestic politics. Taking the complex and volatile nature of politics in Indonesia as a starting point, it reviews the first three years (2019-22) of Jokowi's second administration covering the period 20 October 2019 to 31 December 2022, and highlights the successes and failures of his leadership as Indonesia went through the Covid-19 pandemic, and confronted the global uncertainties caused by Russia's 24 February invasion of Ukraine and the unfolding cataclysm of climate change. Given that previous scholars such as David Bourchier, Elena Valdameri and Vedi Hadiz have all argued that Indonesia has been drifting towards authoritarianism during the previous decade (2010-20), this article takes their arguments as a starting point by setting the country's authoritarian turn in a wider historical context. It looks at the key drivers in Indonesian politics and society today concluding by considering Indonesia's political prospects as the country prepares to enter the decisive presidential election year of 2024.
The Jakarta Post
For the third time since the end of the authoritarian Suharto regime the Indonesian people have directly elected their president. The victory of Joko Widodo (“Jokowi”), a self-made businessman from modest upbringings, has spurred hopes for a renewal of Indonesia’s reform (reformasi) process, which had for the most part lain dormant during the second term of his predecessor Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (“SBY”). While the new government has raised high expectations for swift reforms amongst its supporters, it faces a range of imminent challenges. An ailing state budget, bureaucratic red tape, dated infrastructure, as well as reforms in the fields of health care and education are but some of the policy fields that warrant quick action. The first reality check for Jokowi’s reform policies will be in parliament, where his coalition currently holds a mere 38 percent of the seats. With regard to Jokowi’s strong focus on domestic affairs and his lack of experience in foreign affairs, it is also to be expected that Indonesia will play a less active role in the region in the next couple of years.
2016
The new Indonesian president, Joko Widodo (''Jokowi''), has faced formidable challenges on a number of fronts in his first year in office. Although Jokowi has managed to roll out his pet projects for the poor, management of competing partisan and personal interests as well as the economy and religious conflict continues to be a challenge. Overall, the new government's contribution to democratic reforms has been modest thus far.
The election of Joko Widodo (or better known by his nickname "Jokowi") as Indonesia's seventh president in the 2014 presidential election marked a milestone in the country's young democracy. For the first time, a businessman-turned-politician who was not related to the usual clutch of political and business dynasties in Indonesia was elected as the president. Furthermore, Jokowi was the first head of state who used to assume the office of local government head. Hence, Marcus Mietzner's monograph is a timely contribution to an understanding of the factors behind the rise of Jokowi to the presidency.
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