Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Indonesian elite and its authority -- The military expansion into the state -- Expertise and national planning -- Scientific administration and the question of efficiency -- Economic planning during the guided democracy -- The managers of social engineering -- Economic policymaking in the guided democracy (1962-1965).

In Authoritarian Modernization in Indonesia's Early Independence Period , Farabi Fakih offers a historical analysis of the foundational years leading to Indonesia's New Order state (1966-1998) during the early independence period. The study looks into the structural and ideological state formation during the so-called Liberal Democracy (1950-1957) and Sukarno's Guided Democracy (1957-1965). In particular, it analyses how the international technical aid network and the dominant managerialist ideology of the period legitimized a new managerial elite. The book discusses the development of managerial education in the civil and military sectors in Indonesia. The study gives a strongly backed argument that Sukarno's constitutional reform during the Guided Democracy period inadvertently provided a strong managerial blueprint for the New Order developmentalist state.

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