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by John Bresnan
Managing Indonesia is the first full-scale account of the modern political economy of one of the world's largest and least understood nations. John Bresnan's meticulously researched account draws extensively on interviews with prominent members of the Indonesian elite, many never before interviewed for publication.
Bresnan describes in detail how the world's fourth most populous state grew in strength and wealth out of the ashes of a failed coup in 1965 that led to hundreds of thousands of deaths and left Indonesia the poorest nation in Asia. He describes the major actors and explains the economic developments and political conflicts that have shaped modern Indonesia. In this comprehensive study, Bresnan examines the army, bureaucracy, and technocrats; students, Muslin leaders, and retired military officers; the rice, oil, and manufacturing industries; and the aid, trade, technology and private capital from Japan and the United States that have speeded the process of growth.
"Managing Indonesia is the first book-length analysis of the politics of economic development in the Suharto, or New Order, period. The persuasiveness of Bresnan^s argument comes from his unique access to the technocratic advisers who have been central to the decision-making process for more than a quarter century. It is required reading for Southeast Asia specialists and their students. To political economists interested in the Third World, it offers a fascinating case of rapid and continuing development under an authoritarian regime."
-R. William Liddle, Ohio State University
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