The Decline of Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia

THE DECLINE

OF CONSTITUTIONAL

DEMOCRACY IN

INDONESIA

HERBERT

FEITH

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THE DECLINE

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The Decline of Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia
by Herbert Feith

First Equinox Edition 2007

©Copyright 1962, 2007 by Cornell University Press.

Originally published in 1962 by Cornell University Press
under ISBN 0-80-140126-7.

This reprint edition is authorized by the original publisher.

Printed in Indonesia on 100% postconsumer waste recycled paper.
No trees were destroyed to produce this book.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
reitn, Meroert.
The decline of constitutional democracy in Indonesia / Herbert Feith.
1st Equinox ed.
Jakarta : Equinox Pub., 2007.
xx, 618 p. : maps ; 23 cm.
ISBN 9793780452
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Indonesia-Politics and government- 1950- 1966.
2007306457

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