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Stifled Development: The SSR — Civil Society Organizations Community in Post-authoritarian Indonesia

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Security Sector Reform in Southeast Asia

Part of the book series: Critical Studies of the Asia Pacific Series ((CSAP))

Abstract

Assessing the role played by civil society organizations (CSOs) in security sector reform (SSR) requires that attention be paid to the bigger picture while simultaneously keeping an eye on the detail. This chapter analyzes the role of the SSR-CSO community in post-authoritarian Indonesia against a conceptual framework based on the normative prescriptions of the SSR policy agenda, mediated by the historically contingent constraints experienced by Indonesian CSOs.

The author is thankful to those who shared their experiences for this study. He is particularly grateful to Marzita Ardiantina, who helped with the research, and to the late Richard James Simons. Thanks are also due to Ingebjørg Helland Scarpello, Shahar Hameiri, Felix Heiduk and the two reviewers who offered advice on the orientation of the study.

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Scarpello, F. (2014). Stifled Development: The SSR — Civil Society Organizations Community in Post-authoritarian Indonesia. In: Heiduk, F. (eds) Security Sector Reform in Southeast Asia. Critical Studies of the Asia Pacific Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137365491_6

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