Politics and the Press in Indonesia: Understanding an Evolving Political Culture

Politics and the Press in Indonesia: Understanding an Evolving Political Culture
ISBN-10
0700717455
ISBN-13
9780700717453
Category
History
Pages
222
Language
English
Published
2003
Publisher
Psychology Press
Author
Angela Rose Romano

Description

This book explores the evolving political culture in Indonesia, by discussing the country's dominant political philosophies, then showing how those philosophies affect the working lives of ordinary Indonesian citizens. It focuses in particular on the working lives of news journalists, a group that occupies a strategic social and political position. The author discusses the philosophies of 'Pancasila', the official national ideology, as well as paternalism, integrationism and corporatism. Romano also explores the 32-year period of New Order government and the rapid changes that followed President Suharto's resignation in 1998, concentrating on how the day-to-day workings of the news media are affected by paternalism, corporatism, corruption, and evolution of the prevailing political culture.

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