Old society, new youths : an overview of youth and popular participation in post-reformasi Indonesia

• Main Authors: Chen, Jonathan, Emirza Adi Syailendra
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Working Paper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Country and region studies; Southeast Asia and ASEAN
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/101884; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19846
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

An outmoded conception of youth in post-Reformasi Indonesia had led to an essentialisation of the demography into a dichotomous characterisation between that of “demography dividends” and “ticking time-bombs”. In contemporary Indonesia, futurists see youths as fiduciary members of the developmentali...