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First published 2023 by Cornell University Press

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Mietzner, Marcus, author.

Title: The coalitions presidents make : presidential power and its limits in democratic Indonesia / Marcus Mietzner.

Description: Ithaca [New York] : Southeast Asia Program Publications, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2023. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2023023899 (print) | LCCN 2023023900 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501772641 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781501772658 (paperback) | ISBN 9781501772665 (pdf) | ISBN 9781501772672 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Executive power—Indonesia. | Presidents—Indonesia. | Democracy—Indonesia. | Coalition governments—Indonesia. | Indonesia—Politics and government—20th century. | Indonesia—Politics and government—21st century.

Classification: LCC JQ771 .M54 2023 (print) | LCC JQ771 (ebook) | DDC 320.4598—dc23/eng/20230606

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023023899

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023023900

Cover photograph by Marcus Mietzner, Jakarta, September 23, 2018