The Indonesian presidency : the shift from personal toward constitutional rule / Angus McIntyre.

Author/creator McIntyre, Angus
Format Book
Publication InfoLanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2005.
Descriptionviii, 303 pages ; 23 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

SeriesAsia/Pacific/Perspectives
Asia/Pacific/perspectives. ^A538166
Contents The return to the 1945 constitution -- The personal rule of Sukarno -- Suffering from the quiet : Sukarno's desolation and his politics of being central -- Aging and fear of death : Sukarno's politics of rejuvenation and his quest for immortality -- Sukarno : abandoned by history? -- The personal rule of Soeharto -- Soeharto's composure -- Megawati and the emergence of constitutional rule -- Childhood and youth of Megawati Sukarnoputri -- Megawati Sukarnoputri's political apprenticeship -- Challenging Soeharto -- The fall of Soeharto -- Democracy returns -- A female president? -- Megawati Sukarnoputri as vice president -- President Megawati Sukarnoputri.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 267-287) and index.
LCCN 2004026496
ISBN0742538265 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0742538273 (pbk. : alk. paper)