CASE / 1998–2013
Indonesia oligarchy debate, 1998–2013
A bounded scholarly debate about wealth, organization, institutions, and power after the New Order.
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Post-New Order power debate, 1998–2013 1998–2013
Claims made in the selected scholarly exchange rather than every Indonesian political contest.
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causal hypothesis
Winters argues that highly concentrated material resources gave wealthy actors unusually durable and versatile political power in post-1998 Indonesia.
causal hypothesis
Winters interprets wealth defense as a central shared objective of Indonesian oligarchs across the transition from the New Order to electoral democracy.
causal hypothesis
Hadiz and Robison explain post-New Order politics through the reorganization of entrenched interests and networks rather than a simple persistence of unchanged individual oligarchs.
causal hypothesis
Ford and Pepinsky argue that an oligarchy framework can understate institutions, non-material resources, actors outside wealthy elites, and variation across Indonesian political contests.