It is difficult to imagine what the study of Indonesia would be like if it had not included
debates about the state. Contributors to these debates have included some of Indonesian
studies' best-known figures, who have provided nuanced arguments about how best to
understand each successive change in the political regime. One of our central questions, as
we reread their work, was whether these previous understandings were perhaps not so
much descriptions of the existing state but rather images of an idealized state, ideological …

Reflections on the state in Indonesia — Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) …
Reflections on the state in Indonesia … State of authority; State in society in Indonesia …