Book Review: The Coalitions Presidents Make: Presidential Power and its Limits in Democratic Indonesia by Marcus Mietzner

Blog: LSE Southeast Asia Blog

Abstract

“The incumbent president and his predecessor opted for this particular kind of accommodation because of perceived and imagined fears of what might happen to them if they were to choose the path of taking down these coalition partners. The coalition partners also appear to have taken a similarly defensive stance, thus perpetuating existing political arrangements … Continued