Authoritarian Populism and the Rural World

The demise of emancipatory peasant politics? Indonesian fascism and the rise of Islamic populism

The death of class-based rural movements in Indonesia has entrapped rural resistance in the clutches of market power.

By Benjamin White, Abdul Rahman, Ciptaningrat Larastiti, Hanny Wijaya, Devi Adriyanti and Laksmi Savitri

Published: March 09, 2018, 3:03 pm

Prabowo Subianto on horseback, Senayan City, Jakarta , Indonesia, 2014. Suffragio,org. Some rights reserved.

This article is seventh in the series on ‘confronting authoritarian populism and the rural world’, linked to the Emancipatory Rural Politics Initiative (ERPI). The article opening the series can be read here.

As Indonesia prepares for regional elections in 2018 and national elections in 2019, political operators try to curry favour with both the military right and radical religious groups, in the scramble for votes.

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