In Search of Political Reform

February 19, 2002

Daniel S. Lev
Indonesianist, resident in Seattle, USA

 

Only the most naively optimistic souls—are any left?—can feel confident about reform in Indonesia. Since mid-1998 little fundamental change is evident in political structure or the legal system, let alone the economy that depends on both. One can argue forever about the basic reasons: a self-oriented political elite not much interested in reform, an army reluctant to give

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