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Investigate how political transitions from authoritarian rule to democratic reform have sustained oligarchic control and entrenched labor precarity in Indonesia.

December 22, 2025Asian Affairs An American Review

Lordly capitalism in Indonesia: Labor and the persistence of oligarchic dominance

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AIAniello IannoneDiponegoro University SKSri Endah KinasihAirlangga University IWIrfan WahyudiUniversity of Indonesia

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Critical historical analysis reveals oligarchic persistence and labor precarity across political transitions in Indonesia, highlighting feudal hierarchies within modern capitalism.

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Investigate how political transitions from authoritarian rule to democratic reform have sustained oligarchic control and entrenched labor precarity in Indonesia.
Applied a Marxist theoretical framework to evaluate class dynamics and the intersection between state authority and market systems.
Conducted a critical historical analysis across the Soekarno, Soeharto, and post-authoritarian reformasi periods.
Demonstrated that post-authoritarian democratic reforms preserved elite hegemony by integrating oligarchic networks into a neoliberal market framework.
Identified systematic suppression of labor unions alongside widespread labor commodification and the proliferation of precarious employment, effectively perpetuating feudal hierarchies within a modern economy.

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Iannone et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aabbc4fef5ae841b851f60c https://doi.org/10.1080/00927678.2025.2606586

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Critical historical analysis reveals oligarchic persistence and labor precarity across political transitions in Indonesia, highlighting feudal hierarchies within modern capitalism.

Lordly capitalism in Indonesia: Labor and the persistence of oligarchic dominance

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Lordly capitalism in Indonesia: Labor and the persistence of oligarchic dominance

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