Indonesia is experiencing an historic and dramatic shift in political and economic power from the centre to the local level.
Opposing Suharto presents an accout of democratization in the world's fourth most populous country, Indonesia. It describes how opposition groups challenged the long-time ruler, President Suharto, and his military-based regime, forcing him to resign in 1998. The book's main purpose is to explain how ordinary people can bring about political change in a repressive authoritarian regime. It does t…