Indonesia in 2021: A year of crisis, development, and democratic decline

Eve Warburton

doi:10.1525/as.2022.62.1.09

Indonesia in 2021: A year of crisis, development, and democratic decline

Eve Warburton^*

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Department of Political & Social Change

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A devastating wave of COVID-19 infections cast a long shadow over all political and economic developments in Indonesia in 2021. Many of the patterns and trends identified in this journal's previous year-end analysis intensified in 2021, with a deepening of pandemic-induced crises, immense loss of life, and further erosion of democratic norms and institutions, including unprecedented intervention into a corruption watchdog and a major business association. The administration of president Joko Widodo has focused almost exclusively on economic development and business investment throughout the pandemic; but the spread of the Delta strain forced a shift in the government's approach to lockdowns, prompting new concerns about rising poverty and inequality.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	93-104
Number of pages	12
Journal	Asian Survey
Volume	62
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1525/as.2022.62.1.09 https://doi.org/10.1525/as.2022.62.1.09
Publication status	Published - 2022

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