The Sukarno dynasty in Indonesia

Between institutionalisation, ideological continuity and crises of succession

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ID12305141
AutoresJemma Purdey (0000-0002-3388-7299), Marcus Mietzner (0000-0002-8086-0830, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, autor correspondente)
Ano2016
Volume24
Fascículo3
Páginas355-368
Data de publicação2016-07-21
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSouth East Asia Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0967-828X • E-ISSN: 2043-6874
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1177/0967828x16659028
OpenAlexW2484983780
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4

This article focuses on the history and current political relevance of the Sukarno dynasty in Indonesia. It analyses the reasons for the political longevity of the family, but also discusses internal and external pressures that have forced the dynasty to adopt new strategies to secure its survival. The article tests a number of assertions that political theorists have typically made about dynasties and their political parties: for instance, that they are institutionally weak, electorally unstable and have low levels of representativeness. I argue that the Sukarno family has been able to mitigate most of these much-discussed deficits, but has faced a series of succession crises that, if unresolved, threaten its long-term position in Indonesian politics

Development economics · Ecological succession · Economics · Indonesian · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · Relevance (law · Representativeness heuristic · Sociology · Asian Studies and History · History · Indonesian Election Politics and Participation · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies