Articles and essays – Indonesia

• Lots of Votes – Little Voice: Indonesia’s 2019 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections', Pacific Affairs, 2019, volume-92-no-3, PDF

• ‘The legacies of the Indonesian counter-revolution: New insights and remaining issues’ Journal of Contemporary Asia (2019) PDF

• ‘The rise and crumbling of reformist populism in Indonesia’ Jakarta Post 29 and 30.10.19 PDF

• How Long is Now? Of Indonesian reformasi and its belated reclaiming of the Cold War history. September 2019 in Kyoto ReviewPDF

• ‘Indonesia’s New Populist Order and Diffused Progressives in Comparative Perspective’, in University of the Philippines CIDS discussion paper series 18-002 ISSN 2619–7448 (print) ISSN 2619–7456 (online), 2018 https://issuu.com/up.cids/docs/up_cids_dp_series_18-002

• ‘New Social Democracy in the South? Reflections from India, Indonesia and Scandinavia in Comparative Perspective.’(2018) Op.cit. in section ‘Articles and Essays – General.’

• ‘What is Jakarta's Popular Politics a Case of?’ (in Hellman, J, Thynell, M. and van Voorst, R. Jakarta: Claiming Spaces and Rights in the City (2018), London and New York: Routledge) draft version PDF

• ‘Penyebab Kemandekan dan Jalan Menuju Demokratisasi’ in Prisma 36, No. 1, 2017: pp 3-21, ISSN 0301-6269 PDF

• (with Hasrul Hanif, Eric Hiariej, Willy P. Samadhi, ‘The Downside of Indonesia's Successful Liberal Democratisation and the Way Ahead. Notes from the Participatory Surveys and Case Studies’ 2000-2016, Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs 1/2017. PDF

• ’Varför Stagnerar Demokratiseringen och vilken är vägen framåt? De Indonesiska Insikterna’, in Raino Malnes (red.) Velkomen til Statsvitenskap, Oslo: Gyldendal, 2016) PDF. In Indonesian : ‘Penyebab Kemandekan dan Jalan Menuju Demokratisasi’ in Prisma 36, No. 1, 2017: pp 3-21, ISSN 0301-6269

• ’The Politics of Amnesia’ Economic and Political Weekly 3 Oct 2015 (full version) PDF (short versions with PDF in section Jakarta Post & EPW and Scandinavia.)

• ‘Introduction’ (with Amalinda Savirani) in (Ed.) (with Amalinda Savirani) Reclaiming the State. Overcoming Problems of Democracy in Post-Soeharto Indonesia, Yogyakarta: PolGov and PCD Press 2015, ISBN 978-602-71962-3-0 , pages 1-18. op.cit.boo section

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• ‘Bypassing the Problems of Democratisation’ (with Willy Purna Samadhi) in (Ed.) (with Amalinda Savirani) Reclaiming the State. Overcoming Problems of Democracy in Post-Soeharto Indonesia, Yogyakarta: PolGov and PCD Press 2015, ISBN 978-602-71962-3-0 , pages 95-116. op.cit. book section

• ‘Recommendation’ (with Amalinda Savirani, Eric Hiariej, Hasrul Hanif, Willy Purna Samadhi) in (Ed) (with Amalinda Savirani) Reclaiming the State. Overcoming Problems of Democracy in Post-Soeharto Indonesia, Yogyakarta: PolGov and PCD Press 2015, ISBN 978-602-71962-3-0 , pages 117-132. op.cit. book section

• ‘Stagnation or Transformation in Indonesia?’ Economic& Political Weekly December 13, 2014 vol xlIX no 50. PDF.

• (With Purwo Santoso, Amalinda Savirani, Eric Hiariej, HasrulHanif, Willy Purna Samadhi, Debbie Prabawati, Wening Hapsari M,) Executive Summary: Democracy Baseline Survey Power Welfare and Democracy (PWD) Universitas Gadjah Mada and University of Oslo, Jogjakarta: UGM, 2014. PDF in English 

• ‘The Indonesian Marginalisation of Class Interests and Democracy’, translated and published in AE Priyono and Usman Hamid(eds.) Merancang Arah Baru Demokrasi: Indonesia Pasca Reformasi, Jakarta, KPG: 2014. PDF in English and in Indonesian

• ‘Popular Aspirations, Decentralization and Local Democracy’ op. cit. in section ‘Articles and Essays – General.’

• (With Stokke, Kristian) ‘Paradigmatic Failures of Transformative Democratic Politics: Indonesia and Sri Lanka in Comparative Perspective’ Op.cit. in section ‘Articles and Essays – General.’

• ‘Democratising Local Politics: The Case of Indonesia’, in (eds.) Saiful Mahdi, Muhammad Riza Nurdin, Local Democracy in Post-conflict society. The case of Aceh Selatan, Indonesia, Denpasar and Banda Aceh: Pustaka Larasan, ICAIOS and The Aceh Institute, 2013. PDF

• (With Leena Avonius, lead author, and Fadhli Ali) ‘Mapping Spaces for Democratic Participation In South Aceh’ in (eds.) Saiful Mahdi, Muhammad Riza Nurdin, Local Democracy in Post-conflict society. The case of Aceh Selatan, Indonesia, Denpasar and Banda Aceh: Pustaka Larasan, ICAIOS and The Aceh Institute, 2013. PDF

• ‘Democracy and the Left: Experiences From Indonesia’, in (eds.) Beckman, B and Ya’u, Y.Z, Organising for Democracy: Nigerian and Comparative Experiences, Stockholm and Kno: PODSU, AKCDRAT, CRD. (2012) PDF 

• ‘Dynamics of Peace and Democratization. The Aceh Lessons’. Democratization’, ISSN 1351-0347, 18(3), (2011) pp. 823- 846. PDF

• ‘Research-Based Democracy Promotion. Lessons from Indonesia’, PCD Journal, ISSN 2085-0433. 2(1), pp. 1- 36. (2011) PDF

• (With Uning, Dara Meutia)  ‘Lost in Translation, Lost in Elections’, in Olle Törnquist; Stanley Adi Prasetyo & Teresa Birks (eds.), The Role of Democracy for Peace and Reconstruction,2^nd edition, PCD Press, 2010. ISBN 978-979-17049-3-9. Ch 9, pp. 375 – 400. PDF available in the Anthology Section.

• (With Marhaban, Shadia; Meutia Uning, Dara & Djuli, M. Nur) ‘Up Date to Second Volume: Post Script-Political Vendetta or a Democratic Alternative’, in Olle Törnquist; Stanley Adi Prasetyo & Teresa Birks (eds.), The Role of Democracy for Peace and Reconstruction,2^ndedition, PCD Press, 2010. ISBN 978-979-17049-3-9. Up Date pp. 432 – 435. PDF available in the Anthology Section.

• ‘The Indonesian Communist Party’, in Silvio Pons & Robert Service (eds.), A Dictionary of 20th-Century Communism, Princeton University Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0-691-13585-4. PDF 

• ‘Introduction and Conclusion: From Liberal and Social Democratic Peace to Indonesian Normalisation’, in Olle Törnquist; Stanley Adi Prasetyo & Teresa Birks (eds.), The Role of Democracy for Peace and Reconstruction, 2^nd edition, PCD Press, 2010, ISBN 978-979-17049-3-9. Ch 1 pp. 1 – 46. PDF available in the Anthology Section.

• ‘Introduction and General Conclusions. Social Democratic Peace: To be Continued’, in, Törnquist, Olle, Prasetyo, Stanley, Adi, Birks, Teresa (eds.), 2009.  The Role of Democracy for Peace and Reconstruction. Jogjakarta: PCD Press. PDF available in the Anthology Section.

• ‘Democracy in Aceh Diagnosis & Prognosis’, in, Törnquist, Olle, Prasetyo, Stanley, Adi, Birks, Teresa (eds.), 2009.  The Role of Democracy for Peace and Reconstruction, Jogjakarta: PCD Press. PDF available in the Anthology Section.

• ‘Popular Politics of Representation. New Lessons from Indonesia, Kerala (India) and the Philippines’, Op.cit. in section ‘Articles and Essays – General.’

• ‘Indonesia’s Held Back Democracy and Beyond ‐ Introduction and Executive Briefing’, in (eds.) Willy Purna Samadhi and Nicolaas Warouw Building Democracy on the Sand. Advances and Setbacks in Indonesia. Jakarta and Jogjakarta; Demos and PCD Press. First edition: December 2008. PDF

• ‘International Experiences (On Democratic Political Blocks)’; in Tempo, November(?), 2008 , Jakarta. PDF

• (With Kristian Stokke and Gyda Sindre), ’Conflict Resolution and Democratisation In The Aftermath Of The 2004 Tsunami. A Comparative Study of Aceh And Sri Lanka’, The PCD Journal 1(1), 2008. PDF

• ‘Introduction: Assessing Indonesian Democracy from Below’, in Törnquist, Olle (Ed. with Priyono, A.E and  Samadhi, Willy P). Making democracy Meaningful. Problems and Options in Indonesia. Concluding report from Demos’ national survey. Jakarta, Jogjakarta, Singapore: Demos, PCD Press, ISEAS publishing house 2007. (1^st edition in Indonesian 2005) PDF

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• ‘Summary and Conclusion’, in Törnquist, Olle (Ed. with Priyono, A.E and  Samadhi, Willy P). Making democracy Meaningful. Problems and Options in Indonesia. Concluding report fromDemos’ national survey, Jakarta, Jogjakarta, Singapore: Demos, PCD Press, ISEAS publishing house, 2007. (1^st edition in Indonesian, 2005) PDF

• ‘Kjapt, Effektivt og Billig’, in Hagtvet, Bernt (Ed.) Folkemordenes Svarte Bok, Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 2008. (2^ndedition 2014) Also in English: ‘Quick, Efficient And Cheap’. PDF

• ‘Is Indonesia Democratic?’ Inside Indonesia, April, 2008. PDF

• Introduction and Executive Summary: Advances, Setbacks and Options, in (Ed.) (Törnquist, Olle with the Demos team): Democracy Building on The Sand. Advances and Setbacks in Indonesia. Executive and Summary Report from the 2^ndNational Expert-Survey on Problems and Options Indonesian Democracy, Jakarta: Demos, 2008. PDF

• ‘Muslim Politics and Democracy. The Case of Indonesia’, Journal of Indonesian Islam,  1, No. 1, 2007 (IAIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya). PDF

• ‘Has Democracy Stalled in Indonesia?’ in Seminar (New Delhi), 576, August, 2007. PDF

• ‘Workers in Politics. Why is Organised Labour Missing from the Democracy Movement?’, In Inside Indonesia, No. 86 April-June, 2006. PDF

• ‘Assessing Democracy From Below: A Framework And Indonesian Pilot Study’, Democratization, 13 (2): 227-255, April, 2006. PDF

• ‘The Political Deficit of Substantial Democratisation’, op.cit. in section ‘Articles and Essays – General.’

• Towards an Agenda for Meaningful Human Rights-Based Democracy. Executive Report From Demos’ 2nd Round Survey (with separate data summary) (with A. E. Priyono et al.), DEMOS: Jakarta, January 20, 2005. Extended version in Economic and Political Weekly,  XXXIX:10, March 6, 2004, with the name Problems and Options for Democratisation.

• The Problems And Options Of Indonesian Democratisation: Executive Report from Demos’ 1st Round Survey (with separate data summary) (with A. E. Priyono et al.). DEMOS: Jakarta, January 28, 2004. PDF

• ‘Labour and Democracy: Reflections on the Indonesian Impasse’, Journal of Contemporary Asia, 34:3, 2004. PDF

• ‘Indonesia and the International Discourse on Democratisation: Problems and Prospects’, in Törnquist, Olle with Adi Prasetyo, Stanley and Priyono, A.E.) Indonesia’s Post-Soeharto Democracy Movement. Jakarta: Demos, 2003.

• ‘Labour and Democracy?’, in Törnquist, Olle with Adi Prasetyo, Stanley and Priyono, A.E.) Indonesia’s Post-Soeharto Democracy Movement. Jakarta: Demos, 2003.

• What’s Wrong with Indonesia’s Democratisation? Asian Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 30:3, 2002. PDF (Brief version published in Jakarta Post, April 10 and 11, 2001, and Economic and Political Weekly, April 14, 2001.)

• ‘Indonesia’s Democratisation’, in Haynes, J. (ed.): Democracy and Political Chance in the Third World, Routledge and ECPR, London and New York, 2001. PDF

• ‘Dynamics Of The Indonesian Democratisation’, Third World Quarterly, Vol. 21,No. 3, 2000; also in Economic and Political Weekly; April 29, 2000 and in Indonesia in anthology from ISAI. PDF

• Birth of the World's Third Largest Democracy - Part 1 & 2 -- Jakarta Post, Jakarta, 1999-07-02/03. Economic and Political Weekly, Bombay, 1999, XXXIV (26). ‘Födslen Til Verdens Tredje Störste Demokrati’ - Ny Tid, Oslo, 1999-09-03. PDF in English and in Norwegian.

• ’Kommer Studenterna att Lyckas?’ i Merdeka & Östtimor information 8 – 1999,  Svenska Dagbladet1999-02-20, och med titeln ’Vil Studentene Lykkes?’ i Ny Tid, 1999-02-19 PDF

• 'The Indonesian Lesson', in Aspinall, E.; Klinken van, G.; Feith, H. (eds.): The last days of President Suharto, Monash Asia Institute. 1999, Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, 1998; 30 (3), and Conjuncture (Manila) Vol. 10:3, 1998, and in Crafting Indonesian Democracy, (ed. Liddle, W.R. Jakarta: PPW-LIPI, Ford Foundation and Mizan Pustaka, 2001. PDF

• ‘Movement Politics and Development: Preliminary Theoretical Notes on Some Concrete Cases in Kerala and Indonesia’ (2001), Op.cit. in section ‘Articles and Essays – General.’

• Making Democratisation Work: From Civil Society and Social Capital to Political Inclusion and Politicization - Theoretical Reflections on Concrete Cases in Indonesia, Kerala, and the Philippines. Op.cit. in section ‘Articles and Essays – General.’

• ’Paradiset och det politiska våldet’, i Merdeka och Östtimorinformation. 1997; 3 också med titeln ‘Våldet i Paradiset’, i Dagens Nyheter1998-01-20 samt med titeln ‘Violence in Paradise’, in Economic and Political Weekly 1998-01:33(4) and with the title ‘The Dark Side of Paradise’, in Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars,  30:4 (1998); (also in Bahasa Indonesia in Indonesian media).  PDF

• From New to Human Order in Indonesia? In NIAS nytt,  3, October 1996 and Economic and Political Weekly, October 5, 1996, PDF and (in briefer Swedish version) in Svenska Dagbladet med titeln Den Enda Vägen är den Smala Vägen, September 22, 1996.

• Civil Society and Divisive Politicisation: Experiences from Popular Efforts at Democratisation in Indonesia, in Özdalga, E.; Persson, S. (ed.): Civil Society, Democracy and the Muslim World, Swedish Research Institute & Curzon Press, Istanbul. 1997. PDF

• ‘Is it Possible to Renew Third World Marxism? Old Problems and new perspectives from India, Indonesia and the Philippines’, Op.cit. in section ‘Articles and Essays – General.’

• ’Notes on the State and Rural Change in Java and India’. Op.cit. in section ‘Articles and Essays – General.’

• ’Marxismens Kris och den Politiska Strategin i Indien och Indonesien’, Op.cit. in section ‘Articles and Essays – General.’

• Struggle for Democracy - A New Option in Indonesia? Report on contemporary Indonesia within the project "Problems of radical political strategy under the rise of a new capitalism. South and Southeast Asia in a comparative perspective", The Akut-series No. 33, Uppsala, 1984. PDF