Entertainment, Domestication, and Dispersal: Street Politics as Popular Culture

Ariel Heryanto

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    Abstract

    during the series of sham elections under the New Order government, the masses behaved in ways that might at first appear vulgar and unruly. But considered within the specific political context of that time, their behaviour can be regarded as much more rational and subversively powerful than has usually been portrayed, more so indeed than the political activism of the urban intelligentsia. In 2009, however, the political setting had altered significantly, and so had the country’s electoral laws and procedures. The subversive power of the masses dissipated, ironically at a moment when Indonesia’s democracy had become more liberalised.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProblems of Democratisation in Indonesia: Elections, Institutions and Society
    Editors Edward Aspinall and Marcus Mietzner
    Place of PublicationSingapore
    PublisherInstitute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)
    Pages181-198
    Edition1st
    ISBN (Print)9789814279901
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2010

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