A prince in a republic the life of Sultan Hamengku Buwono IX of Yogyakarta
Hamengku Buwono IX, the late Sultan of Yogyakarta Special Province, is revered by Indonesians as one of the great founders of the modern Indonesian state. He leaves a positive but in some ways ambiguous legacy in political terms. His most conspicuous achievement was the survival of hereditary Yogyak...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Singapore
ISEAS
2015
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| Summary: | Hamengku Buwono IX, the late Sultan of Yogyakarta Special Province, is revered by Indonesians as one of the great founders of the modern Indonesian state. He leaves a positive but in some ways ambiguous legacy in political terms. His most conspicuous achievement was the survival of hereditary Yogyakartan kingship, and he provided rare stability and continuity in Indonesia's highly fractured modern history. Under the New Order, Hamengku Buwono also helped to launch the Indonesian economy on a much stronger growth path. Although remembered as the epitome of "political decency", he faded from power and influence as Vice President in the 1970s, and the repressive and anti-democratic features of Suharto's New Order seemed to contradict much of what Hamengku Buwono originally stood for. This biography seeks to explain his political standpoint, motivations, and achievements, and set his career in the context of his times. |
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| Item Description: | Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Australian National University |
| Physical Description: | xxvi, 376 page, 16 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9789814519380 |