The Jokowi Presidency: Indonesia’s Decade of Authoritarian Revival

Sana Jaffrey, Eve Warburton, editors

Date of publication: 2025

Publisher: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute

Number of pages: 311

Code: BM648

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ISBN: 9789815306828

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ISBN: 9789815306798

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The rise of Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to the presidency in 2014 marked an optimistic turn in Indonesia. At a time when politics were dominated by oligarchs, New Order–era holdovers and corrupt politicians, Jokowi’s populist style and humble origins embodied the change that many Indonesians desired. He promised the public a cleaner style of government and fast-paced development, and his progressive allies believed he would protect Indonesia’s young democratic institutions. Yet when Jokowi stepped down from office a decade later, he left behind a fragile economy and a hollow democracy. This volume examines Jokowi’s political evolution and the mark he left on Indonesia. It casts Jokowi’s decade in office as one of authoritarian revival that saw the return of statist developmentalism in the economic sphere, and the resurrection of New Order–era tactics of co-optation and repression in the political sphere. The volume brings together experts from a wide range of fields, including foreign policy, security, economics, politics, law and human rights. In different ways, all contributors view Jokowi as a disruptive president, whose ambitious developmental agenda came at a high cost for Indonesia’s democracy.

The Jokowi Presidency: Indonesia’s Decade of Authoritarian Revival
[Whole Publication, ISBN: 9789815306804], by Sana Jaffrey, Eve Warburton, authors

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preliminary pages

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1. Introduction: Jokowi’s decade in power, by Sana Jaffrey, Eve Warburton, authors

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PART 1 JOKOWI AT HOME AND ON THE WORLD STAGE
2. Jokowi’s world: Power, democracy and international contestation in Indonesia, by Marcus Mietzner, author

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3. Indonesia’s foreign policy under Jokowi: Retreat, return and the problem of reputational cost, by Rizal Sukma, author

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PART 2 ECONOMY AND WELFARE
4. Political economy of development under Jokowi, by Arianto A Patunru, Faisal Basri, authors

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5. Rebranding and expanding: Social assistance during the Jokowi presidency, by Nurina Merdikawati, Ridho Al Izzati, Asep Suryahadi, authors

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PART 3 INFRASTRUCTURE AND LAND
6. How Jokowi became the infrastructure president, by James Guild, author

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7. Land rights and agrarian reform during the Jokowi era, by Suraya A. Afiff, author

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PART 4 COURTS, SECURITY AND CORRUPTION
8. Jokowi, the DPR and the dismantling of the Constitutional Court, by Simon Butt, Tim Lindsey, authors

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9. The politicisation of security under Jokowi, by Sidney Jones, author

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10. A dark legacy: The Jokowi administration’s record on corruption, by Laode M. Syarif, author

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PART 5 DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS AND REPRESSION
11. Civic space, protest and repression: The end of the reformasi coalition, by Edward Aspinall, Fauziah Mayangsari, authors

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12. Negotiated repression: Islamism and state control in the Jokowi era, by Nava Nuraniyah, author

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PART 6 LOCAL POLITICS AND AUTONOMY
13. Jokowi and his dynasty: Explaining the ascendancy of the Jokowi dynasty, by Yoes C. Kenawas, author

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14. The Papua conflict under Jokowi: Hopeful rise to hopeless exit, by Hipolitus Yolisandry Ringgi Wangge, author

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Index

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Indonesia Update Series

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