Howard Crouch, in World in Indonesia Politics (July 1979), Princeton University
Press, Princeton, N.J. 08540.
In precolonial Java (now Indonesia), sultans protected their rule
parceling out favors among competing factions. Since 1959, Indonesia's
Presidents have tried the same "patrimonial" tactic, without the sul-
tans success.
President Sukarno, whose
"Guided Democracy" replaced In-
donesia's fledgling parliamentary
system in 1959, maintained control
by balancing...