THE POLITICS OF

INDONESIAN CONGLOMERATES

• Institutional framework:

• Critical political economy:

• Critical political economy &

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CONGLOMERATES AND THE STATE

ASIAN CRISIS & SUHARTOS’S FALL

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RESURGENCE: GLOBAL AMBITION

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Fully integrated region into the global economy

Equitable economic development

Highly competitive economic region

Single market and production base

http://www.asiamattersforamerica.org/asean/data/gdppercapita

DOMESTIC AND REGIONAL SETTING

(a) Influence over bureaucratic institution (b) Strong engagement in policy making (c) Complex alliance among elites and businesses

(a) Competing interests among Southeast Asian big businesses (b) Strengthen alliance through production networks (c) The ‘Bamboo Network’

CONCLUSION

Anthoni Salim,