INDONESIA IN 2020: COVID-19 and Jokowi’s Neo-liberal Turn

After his inauguration to a second term in Oct 2019, Indonesian president Joko Widodo (or "Jokowi") had looked forward to consolidating his political and economic legacy. Politically, his rule was stable. Jokowi commanded high approval ratings in the electorate and a large majority in the...

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Published in:Southeast Asian affairs 2021-01, Vol.SEAA21 (1), p.107-121
Main Author: Mietzner, Marcus
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Demonstrations & protests
Economic reform
Fatalities
Foreign policy
GDP
Governors
Gross Domestic Product
Infections
Islam
Legislatures
Neoliberalism
News
Pandemics
Policy making
Presidents
Voters
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Summary:After his inauguration to a second term in Oct 2019, Indonesian president Joko Widodo (or "Jokowi") had looked forward to consolidating his political and economic legacy. Politically, his rule was stable. Jokowi commanded high approval ratings in the electorate and a large majority in the Indonesian legislature, and the turmoil associated with the large-scale Islamist mass protests in 2016 and 2017 had died down. Of course, 2020 did not turn out the way Jokowi, or anyone else for that matter, had expected. From Jan, the world's news cycle was dominated by COVID-19, fundamentally changing political and economic trajectories. Thus, while Jokowi had started 2020 from a consolidated position and with many legacy-setting plans, the COVID-19 crisis unsettled most of his initiatives. Given the political, economic and foreign policy changes ahead, Jokowi's second term is set to be anything but calm.
ISSN:0377-5437
1793-9135
DOI:10.1355/aa21-1g