Chinese Indonesians in Post-Suharto Indonesia：Democratisation and Ethnic Minorities

Selfish, obscenely rich, insular, and opportunistic: these remain how Chinese minorities in Indonesia are perceived by the indigenous population. However, far from being passive victims of discrimination and marginalisation, Chong presents a forceful case in which Chinese Indonesians possess the agency to shape their future in the country, particularly in the changing political, business, and socio-cultural environment after the fall of Suharto. While a lack of good governance that promotes the rule of law and accountability allows or even encourages some Chinese to maintain the status quo by perpetuating corrupt business practices inherited from Suharto’s New Order regime, there are other Chinese Indonesians who make full use of the democratic space opened up under the new administrations, acting as agents of reform by participating in electoral politics and establishing inter-ethnic socio-cultural organisations. Building on Anthony Giddens’s structure-agency theory and Pierre Bourdieu’s notions of habitus and field, Chong shows that the Chinese minorities have played an active role in the democratic process, even though they continue to occupy an ambivalent position in Indonesia. The Chinese Indonesians’ diverse strategies to safeguard their personal interests and cultural identities make a stimulating case study of what an ethnic minority could do to make a difference.

作者簡介：

陳浩文，香港大學文學士及哲學碩士，英國蘇塞克斯(Sussex)大學知識庫系統科學碩士，美國明尼蘇達(Minnesota)大學哲學及認知科學博士，現任香港城市大學公共政策學系哲學副教授。主要教學及研究範圍包括社會政治哲學、倫理學、理性與創意思考等等。研究論文曾在Journal of Medical Ethics、Bioethics、Journal of Medicine and Philosophy等國際期刊和文集發表。現任香港醫院管理局臨床倫理委員會副主席及香港生命倫理學會主席。聯編文集包括《社會倫理通識》(2012)和《生活倫理學》(2018)。

區結成，畢業於美國布朗大學醫學院，老人科及復康專科醫生。歷任九龍醫院康復科部門主管、九龍醫院及香港眼科醫院行政總監。2010年任醫院管理局人力資源主管，2014年出任質素及安全總監。現任醫院管理局臨床倫理委員會主席。2017年任香港中文大學生命倫理學中心總監。撰寫專欄多年，筆名區聞海。出版散文集及專題著作十二本，包括《當中醫遇上西醫──歷史與省思》(2006年獲國家文津圖書獎）及《醫院筆記──時代與人》(2016)等。