The Settlement of Decolonization and Post-Colonial Economic Development
Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore Compared
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2841908 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicholas J White (0000-0002-1897-1978, Liverpool John Moores University, School of Humanities & Social Science [email protected], corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 173 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 208-241 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bijdragen tot de taal- land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0006-2294 • E-ISSN: 2213-4379 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/22134379-17302003 |
| OpenAlex | W2735450783 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 26 |
Despite impressive growth in the early twenty-first century, Indonesia’s economic performance in the post-colonial era lagged behind that of its neighbours in Malaysia and Singapore. The different development paths chosen, particularly in the treatment of foreign (and, especially, ex-colonial) investment, were central to this—Indonesia’s rejection of Western capital in the 1950s and 1960s, and continued suspicion of foreign economic influence in the 1970s, contrasted with the more open approach of Malaysia and Singapore. How the post-colonial foreign presence was dealt with was largely conditioned by how decolonization was settled—the restrictive agreements reached between Indonesia and the Netherlands, and ongoing Dutch occupation of Irian Jaya, were sources of widespread resentment, and differed significantly from the more liberal approach of the British towards Malaysian and Singaporean independence. The short-term settlement of decolonization was therefore of greater significance than the longer-term nature of colonial rule in determining post-colonial economic patterns
Ancient history · Capital (architecture · Colonial rule · Colonialism · Decolonization · Development economics · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Foreign direct investment · Geography · Independence (probability theory · Payment · Political science · Politics · Resentment · Settlement (finance · Asian Studies and History · History · Law · Socioeconomic Development in Asia
The Box
From Third World to First
Colonial Legacies
Capitalism and Confrontation in Sumatra's Plantation Belt, 1870-1979
Decolonisation and the British Empire, 1775–1997
A History of Modern Indonesia since c. 1300
The End of Empire and the Making of Malaya
Malaysia
Malaysia and the End of the Bretton Woods System 1965–72
The Debate on Economic Policy in Newly-independent Indonesia between Sjafruddin Prawiranegara and Sumitro Djojohadikusumo
Economic Growth and Decolonisation in Indonesia
The Lost Decades? Economic Disintegration in Indonesia's Early Independence Period
Conflict and Confrontation in South East Asia, 1961-1965
European Decolonization 1918–1981
Malaysia's Independence Leaders and the Legacies of State Formation under British Rule
Marshall Aid as a Catalyst in the Decolonization of Indonesia, 1947–49
The Political Economy of Imperial Relations
Traditionalism and the Ascendancy of the Malay Ruling Class in Colonial Malaya
An Economic History of Indonesia
Rethinking Decolonization
Surviving Sukarno
The 'Unfinished Business' of Malaysia's Decolonisation
Malaysian Politics
Planters Against Peasants. The Agrarian Struggle in East Sumatra, 1947-1958
Historical Atlas of Indonesia
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |