Description: "The book explains why Indonesia's presidential system turned from an extraordinarily unstable polity one into one of the world's most solid. It did so, the book argues, because constitutional changes incentivized the creation of coalitional presidentialism arrangements that bind a wide variety of political forces to the status quo"--
Review Quotes:
Mietzner's meticulously researched book unravels 'two interrelated puzzles' associated with Indonesia's authoritarian journey.
-- "Contemporary Southeast Asia"