For recent books, see the frontpage

OT frontpage

My concluding 'endbook':In Search of New Social Democracy: Insights from the South – Implications for the North.London: Zed-Bloomsbury. (346pp)Published 23/9/21. Flyer with reviews anddiscount 35%Link toBloomsb Sneak premiere presentation,PDFle-click here to add your own text.

Dilemmes of Populist Traansctlonalism

Dilemmas of Populist Transactionalism: What are the prospects now for popular politics in Indonesia? (with Luky Djani, Osmar Tanjung and Surya Tjandra) Yogyakarta: PolGov and PCD Press, 2017. PDF

Assessing Dynamics of Democratisation. Transformative

Assessing Dynamics of Democratisation. Transformative Politics, New Institutions, and the Case of Indonesia. Palgrave Macmillan, 2013, ISBN 9781137369345. 324 pp. PDF

Popular Development and Democracy

Case Studies with Rural Dimensions in the Philippines, Indonesia and Kerala. Geneva and Oslo: UNRISD and SUM, 2002. PDF

Aktor Demokrasi

Catatan Tentang Gerakan Perlawanan diIndonesia (with Arief Budiman and an ISAI research team). Institut Studi Argus Informasi, Jakarta, 2001. Intro PDF, Conclusion PDF

Politics and Develoment

A Critical Introduction. Sage Publications, London, Thousand Oaks and New Delhi, 1999. (Revised, extended, broadened and upgraded version of the Swedish textbook.) PDF

Politik och Utveckling i Tredje Världen

Ämnet, problemet och de viktigaste synsätten: en kritisk introduktion. Studentlitteratur, Lund, 1996.

What's Wrong with Marxism? I

Volume I: On Capitalists and State in India and Indonesia.Manohar Publications, New Delhi, 1989. PDF

What's Wrong with Marxism? II

Volume II: On peasants and workers in India and Indonesia.Manohar publications, New Delhi, 1991. PDF

Penghancuran PKI

Penghancuran PKI (Indonesian edition of revised original English edition with new introduction of 'Dilemmas of Third World Communism: The destruction of PKI in Indonesia' (London:Zed Books 1984). Komunitas Bambu. 2011, ISBN 979-3731-25-7. 383 s. PDF

Dilemmas of Third World Communism

he destruction of the PKI in Indonesia. Zed Books, London, 1984. (Revised and expanded version of the Ph.D thesis) PDF

Marxistisk Barlast

Varför misslyckades världens tredje största kommunistparti? De indonesiska kommunisternas strategiska problem 1952 - 1965 och konsekvenser för gängse teorier om kampen i tredje världen. Symposion bokförlag, Stockholm, 1982. (Ph.D thesis)

Reinventing Social Democratic Development

nsights from Indian and Scandinavian Comparisons, (eds) with John Harriss with Neera Chandhoke and Fredrik Engelstad. Copenhagen; NIAS Press and New Delhi: Manohar, 2016. Final draft: PDF

Reclaiming the State

Overcoming Problems of Democracy in Post-Soeharto Indonesia, (Eds.) with Amalinda Savirani) Yogyakarta: PolGov and PCD Press 2015, ISBN 978-602-71962-3-0 , 269 PP. PDF

Democratization in the Global South

The Importance of Transformative Politics. (Ed.) with Kristian Stokke. Palgrave Macmillan. 2013, ISBN 9780230370036. 337 pp. PDF

Rethinking Popular Representation (Ed.)

(with Kristian Stokke and Neil Webster), Palgrave-Macmillan, 2009. PDF

Aceh: The Role of Democracy for Peace and Reconstruction

(Ed.) (with Adi Prasetyo, Stanley and Birks, Teresa) Jogjakarta: PCD Press, 2009. 2ndedition, 2010, Singapore: ISEAS. In Indonesian: Aceh: Peran Demokrasi Bagi Perdamaian dan Rekonstruksi, Jogjakarta, PCD Press 2010. PDF in English PDF in Indonesian

Building Democracy on the Sand. Advances and Setbacks in Indonesia

(Academic director with lead editors Samadhi, W.P and Warouw, N.): Jakarta and Jogjakarta: Demos & PCD, 2008. PDF

Making Democracy Meaningful

Problems and Options in Indonesia. (Ed.) (with Priyono, A.E, Samadhi W.P and the Demos team) (2005 and (revised edition) 2007: Jakarta, Jogjakarta and Singapore: Demos, PCD Press, ISEAS publishing house. (PDF of some chapters, see articles section.)

Indonesia’s Post-Soeharto Democracy Movement

(Ed.) (with Adi Prasetyo, Stanley and Priyono, A.E.) Jakarta: Demos, 2003. (PDF version of the introductory chapters by Törnquist are under the title ‘Introduction and Summary Analysis: Floating Democrats’ in the list of articles.)

People’s Rights

Social Movements, and The State in The Third World,(with Manoranjan Mohanty and Partha Mukherji) Sage Publications, New Delhi, Thousand Oaks and London, 1998.

Democratisation in the Third World

Concrete Cases in Comparative and Theoretical Perspective,(Ed.) (with Lars Rudebeck and Virgilio Rojas) Uppsala University, 1996. 2nd revised version with the same title published at Macmillan (London) and St. Martin's (New York), 1998. PDF of Introd.

Anthologies

Reviews (of OT) and some interviews

This section is incomplete. I have only managed to retrieve some few reviews (and some recent may be pasted on the frontpage)

Here is one review of the recent books, a few of the most recent anthology, plus copies of some endorsements. Further below and perhaps of some related relevance are a few detected interviews.

Joel Rocamora (2018) Review of ‘Transactional Populism: What are the Prospects Now for Popular Politics in Indonesia’, Philippine Journal of Public Policy: Interdisciplinary DevelopmentPerspectives,PDF

Neil Webster (2019): Review of: ‘Reinventing Social Democratic Development: Insights from Indian and Scandinavian Comparisons’,Journal of Contemporary Asia,

DOI:10.1080/00472336.2019.1591483PDF

Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya (2018) Review of ‘Reinventing Social Democratic Development: Insights from Indian and Scandinavian Comparisons’,Journal of South Asian Development 13(2).PDF

Salvatore Babones (2017) Review of: ‘Reinventing Social Democratic Development: Insights from Indian and Scandinavian Comparisons’Journal of Sociology1-3: DOI: 10.1177/1440783317740422PDF

About Dilemmas of Third World Communism

Hållö

About Politics and Development. A Critical Introduction

About Rethinking Popular Representation

About Assessing Dynamics of Democratisation

About Reinventing Social Democratic Development

Some interviews

(see more on the frontpage!)

Olle Törnquist: Capaian Utama [Go Politik Buruh] Adalah Jika Front Meluas Seperti Kajs Dapat Sungguh Mulai Diwujudkan’ (Interview)In Lembaran Buruh Lembur, Jakarta, Edisi 35- Bulan April, 2014.PDF

Prof Olle Tornquist: Demokrasi Indonesia Harus Kokoh, (Interviw),KompasMingu, June 8, 2014.PDF
‘Forskar for demokrati’ (interview) Apollon, No 4, 2003. Link to article

´Indonesias fremste demokratiaktivist myrda’ (intervju), Uniforumnr. 15/2004.

‘Uniforum nr. 15/2004’(interview)Apollon,No 4, 2003.

‘Suhartos glemte og gjemte massakre (interview), Klassekampen: Magasinet, 14 December, 2002.

‘No Shortcut To Democracy: Olle Törnquist Speaks With Gerry Van Klinken’ -Inside Indonesianr 57, Northcote, Australia. Jan. 1999.PDF
‘Decentralisation need of the hour’,Indian Express, January 11, 1997PDF

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Archive

For recent books, see the frontpage

Anthologies

Reviews (of OT) and some interviews

Some interviews

(see more on the frontpage!)