Olle Törnquist

• Törnquist, Olle (2024). James C. Scott: Against the Myopic Study of Politics. Philippine Political Science Journal. ISSN 0115-4451. doi: 10.1163/2165025X-20240064. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle (2022). Linking Public Action Kerala's Challenges in Comparative Perspective in the Years of the Pandemic. Economic and Political Weekly. ISSN 0012-9976. 57(25), p. 39–45. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle (2019). Many Votes, Little Voice: Indonesia's 2019 Presidential and parliamentary Elections. Pacific Affairs. ISSN 0030-851X. 92(3), p. 459–474. doi: 10.5509/2019923459. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  The recent Indonesian elections signalled relative stability in spite of the rise of contentious politics. To explain this, the article first discusses the way the incumbent Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration has handled the rise of Muslim populism sponsored by his political opponents. This has included a reliance on illiberal measures, the political adjustment and "triangulation" of his policies, and a revival of Indonesia's socio-religious and ethnic politics. Second, the article provides a longer historical perspective to show how the failure to restore the liberal parliamentary politics of the 1950s, and the inability to sustain the popular reforms of the mid-2000s that brought Jokowi to power, constitute more fundamental explanations both for the undermining of Indonesia's democracy and for the provisional political stability.

• Törnquist, Olle (2019). The legacies of the Indonesian counter-revolution: New insights and remaining issues. Journal of Contemporary Asia. ISSN 0047-2336. p. 1–19. doi: 10.1080/00472336.2019.1616105. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle (2018). What is Jakarta’s populist politics a case of? In Hellman, Jorgen; Thynell, Marie & Voorst, Roanne van (Ed.), Jakarta: Claiming spaces and rights in the city. Routledge. ISSN 9781351620451. p. 41–57. doi: 10.4324/9781315111919. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle & Djani, Luky (2017). Stalemated Populism and the Case for Citizenship—Driven Social Democracy. In Hiariej, Eric & Stokke, Kristian (Ed.), Politics of Citizenship in Indonesia. Yayasan Obor Indonesia. ISSN 9786024335076. p. 119–152. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle & Hiariej, Eric (2017). Indonesian Politics and Citizenship in Historical Perspective. In Hiariej, Eric & Stokke, Kristian (Ed.), Politics of Citizenship in Indonesia. Yayasan Obor Indonesia. ISSN 9786024335076. p. 55–84. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle (2017). The Downside of Indonesia’s Successful Liberal Democratisation and the Way Ahead. Notes from the Participatory Surveys and Case Studies 2000-2016. Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs. ISSN 1868-1034. p. 123–138. doi: 10.1177/186810341703600105. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Indonesia is a critical case of liberal democratisation. Most of the country’s old dominant actors were included in compromises aimed at democracy and were expected to become democrats by adjusting to the new institutions. The pro-democrats were expected to propel change from civil society. However, the recurrent participatory surveys and follow-up studies summarised herein point to remarkable freedoms, along with deplorable governance and representation. The major causes are biased institutions of representation, plus weak political capacity of the crucial actors of change within modern business and among the middle classes and labourers. Advances presuppose new ways to represent their interests.

• Törnquist, Olle (2016). Social Democratic Development. In Törnquist, Olle & Harriss, John (Ed.), Reinventing Social Democratic Development. Insights from Indian and Scandinavian Comparisons. NIAS Press. ISSN 9788776942007. p. 3–30. Full text in Research Archive
• Harriss, John & Törnquist, Olle (2016). Lineages of Democratic Development: India and Scandinavia. In Törnquist, Olle & Harriss, John (Ed.), Reinventing Social Democratic Development. Insights from Indian and Scandinavian Comparisons. NIAS Press. ISSN 9788776942007. p. 31–52. Full text in Research Archive
• Harriss, John & Törnquist, Olle (2016). Comparative Notes on Indian Experiments in Social Democracy: Kerala and West Bengal. In Törnquist, Olle & Harriss, John (Ed.), Reinventing Social Democratic Development. Insights from Indian and Scandinavian Comparisons. NIAS Press. ISSN 9788776942007. p. 53–85. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle (2016). Implications for Scandinavian Social Democracy and International Cooperation. In Törnquist, Olle & Harriss, John (Ed.), Reinventing Social Democratic Development. Insights from Indian and Scandinavian Comparisons. NIAS Press. ISSN 9788776942007. p. 283–307. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle & Harriss, John (2016). What Are the Prospects Now for Social Democratic Development? In Törnquist, Olle & Harriss, John (Ed.), Reinventing Social Democratic Development. Insights from Indian and Scandinavian Comparisons. NIAS Press. ISSN 9788776942007. p. 308–326. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle (2015). Demokratisering i det globale syd. In Malnes, Raino Sverre & Thorsen, Dag Einar (Ed.), Demokrati - historien og ideene. Dreyer Forlag A/S. ISSN 9788282651219. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle (2015). The politics of Amnesia. Economic and Political Weekly. ISSN 0012-9976. 50(40), p. 24–26. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle (2014). Stagnation or transformation in indonesia? Economic and Political Weekly. ISSN 0012-9976. 49(50), p. 23–27. Full text in Research Archive
• Stokke, Kristian & Törnquist, Olle (2013). Transformative Democratic Politics. In Stokke, Kristian & Törnquist, Olle (Ed.), Democratization in the Global South: The Importance of Transformative Politics. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 9780230370036. p. 3–20. Full text in Research Archive
• Stokke, Kristian & Törnquist, Olle (2013). Paradigmatic Failures of Transformative Democratic Politics: Indonesia and Sri Lanka in Comparative Perspective. In Stokke, Kristian & Törnquist, Olle (Ed.), Democratization in the Global South: The Importance of Transformative Politics. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 9780230370036. p. 100–124. doi: 10.1057/9780230370043_5. Full text in Research Archive
• Stokke, Kristian & Törnquist, Olle (2013). Experiences and Strategic Interventions in Transformative Democratic Politics. In Stokke, Kristian & Törnquist, Olle (Ed.), Democratization in the Global South: The Importance of Transformative Politics. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 9780230370036. p. 302–311. doi: 10.1057/9780230370043_14. Full text in Research Archive
• Stokke, Kristian & Törnquist, Olle (2013). The Relevance of the Scandinavian Experiences. In Stokke, Kristian & Törnquist, Olle (Ed.), Democratization in the Global South: The Importance of Transformative Politics. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 9780230370036. p. 21–41. doi: 10.1057/9780230370043_2. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle (2011). Pengantar edisi behasa Indonesia: Setelah berselang 30 tahun (Thirty years after: preface to the Indonesian edition), 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. ISSN 9789793731254. p. vii–xxvi. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle (2011). Ny vår för demokratin? Samfunnsviteren. ISSN 0805-7206. 18(3), p. 14–16. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle (2011). Workers and Intellectuals: NGOs, Trade Unions and the Indonesian Labour Movement. Pacific Affairs. ISSN 0030-851X. 84(1). Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle (2011). Dynamics of peace and democratization. The Aceh lessons. Democratization. ISSN 1351-0347. 18(3), p. 823–846. doi: 10.1080/13510347.2011.563118. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle (2011). Is Social democracy Being Undermined? Economic and Political Weekly. ISSN 0012-9976. XLVI(15), p. 28–31. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle (2011). Dynamics of peace and democratization. The Aceh lessons. Democratization. ISSN 1351-0347. 18(3), p. 823–846. doi: 10.1080/13510347.2011.563118. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle (2010). Introduction and Conclusion: From Liberal and Social Democratic Peace to Indonesian Normalisation. In Törnquist, Olle; Prasetyo, Stanley Adi & Birks, Teresa (Ed.), The Role of Democracy for Peace and Reconstruction, Second edition. PCD Press. ISSN 9789791704939. p. 1–46. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle & Uning, Dara Meutia (2010). Lost in Translation, Lost in Elections. In Törnquist, Olle; Prasetyo, Stanley Adi & Birks, Teresa (Ed.), The Role of Democracy for Peace and Reconstruction, Second edition. PCD Press. ISSN 9789791704939. p. 375–400. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle (2010). Research-based Democracy Promotion. Lessons from Indonesia. PCD Journal. ISSN 2085-0433. 2(1), p. 1–36. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle; Marhaban, Shadia; Uning, Dara Meutia & Djuli, M. Nur (2010). Up date to second volume: Post script-Political Vendetta or a Democratic Alternative. In Törnquist, Olle; Prasetyo, Stanley Adi & Birks, Teresa (Ed.), The Role of Democracy for Peace and Reconstruction, Second edition. PCD Press. ISSN 9789791704939. p. 432–435. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle (2010). The Indonesian Communist Party. In Pons, Silvio & Service, Robert (Ed.), A Dictionary of 20th-Century Communism. Princeton University Press. ISSN 9780691135854. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle (2009). Introduction: The problem is Representation! Towards an Analytical Framework. In Törnquist, Olle; Webster, Neill & Stokke, Kristian (Ed.), Rethinking Popular Representation. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 9780230621367. p. 1–27. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Rethinking Popular Representation starts out from the deep concern with contemporary tendencies towards depoliticisation of public issues and popular interests. It is argued that the root cause of this is flawed representation, due to both elitist institution building and fragmented citizen participation. Hence the book makes a case for the need to rethink more democratic popular representation. Towards this end the book outlines an overarching analytical framework for popular representation, examines key theoretical issues and empirical experiences of popular representation and provides a policy-oriented conclusion.

• Törnquist, Olle; Tharakan, P.K. Michael & Quimpo, Nathan (2009). Popular politics of representation : new lessons from the pioneering projects in Indonesia, Kerala, and the Philippines. In Törnquist, Olle; Webster, Neill & Stokke, Kristian (Ed.), Rethinking Popular Representation. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 9780230621367. p. 197–222. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Rethinking Popular Representation starts out from the deep concern with contemporary tendencies towards depoliticisation of public issues and popular interests. It is argued that the root cause of this is flawed representation, due to both elitist institution building and fragmented citizen participation. Hence the book makes a case for the need to rethink more democratic popular representation. Towards this end the book outlines an overarching analytical framework for popular representation, examines key theoretical issues and empirical experiences of popular representation and provides a policy-oriented conclusion.

• Törnquist, Olle (2009). Democracy in Aceh Diagnosis & Prognosis. In Törnquist, Olle; Prasetyo, Stanley Adi & Birks, Teresa (Ed.), The Role of Democracy for Peace and Reconstruction. PCD Press. ISSN 9789791704939. p. 83–118. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle (2009). Introduction and General Conclusions. Social Democratic Peace: To be continued. In Törnquist, Olle; Prasetyo, Stanley Adi & Birks, Teresa (Ed.), The Role of Democracy for Peace and Reconstruction. PCD Press. ISSN 9789791704939. p. 1–55. Full text in Research Archive
• Webster, Neill; Stokke, Kristian & Törnquist, Olle (2009). From research to practice : towards the democratic institutionalisation of nodes for improved respresentation. In Törnquist, Olle; Webster, Neill & Stokke, Kristian (Ed.), Rethinking Popular Representation. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 9780230621367. p. 223–234. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Rethinking Popular Representation starts out from the deep concern with contemporary tendencies towards depoliticisation of public issues and popular interests. It is argued that the root cause of this is flawed representation, due to both elitist institution building and fragmented citizen participation. Hence the book makes a case for the need to rethink more democratic popular representation. Towards this end the book outlines an overarching analytical framework for popular representation, examines key theoretical issues and empirical experiences of popular representation and provides a policy-oriented conclusion.

• Stokke, Kristian; Törnquist, Olle & Sindre, Gyda Marås (2009). Conflict Resolution and Democratisation in the aftermath of the 2004 Tsunami: A Comparative Analysis of Aceh and Sri Lanka. PCD Journal. ISSN 2085-0433. 1(1-2), p. 129–149. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  The earthquake off the west coast of Sumatra on 26 December 2004 unleashed a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that affected more than a dozen countries throughout South and Southeast Asia and stretched as far as the northeastern coast of Africa. The two worst affected areas – North-East Sri Lanka and the Aceh region in Indonesia – have both been marked by protracted intra-state armed conflicts. In the immediate aftermath of the tsunami, international journalists and humanitarian actors argued that the disaster could actually constitute an opportunity for conflict resolution, as the scale and urgency of humanitarian needs should bring the protagonists together in joint efforts for relief, reconstruction and conflict resolution. In contrast, research on the impacts of natural disasters often concludes that disasters tend to deepen rather than resolve conflicts. Four years after the tsunami it can be observed that Aceh and North-East Sri Lanka have followed highly divergent trajectories. In Aceh, a Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Indonesia and Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM) was signed shortly after the tsunami and has been followed by peace and a process of political integration into Indonesian democracy. In Sri Lanka, the tsunami created a humanitarian pause from the gradual escalation of hostilities and an attempt to create a joint mechanism between the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for handling humanitarian aid, but Sri Lanka has since then returned to full-scale warfare between the GOSL and LTTE. These divergent trajectories suggest that the common denominator – the tsunami disaster – cannot be considered the decisive factor behind the escalation of conflict in Sri Lanka or the conflict resolution process in Aceh, but rather as a critical event that was used by different actors for strategic reasons and generally furthered rather than radically altered pre-existing political processes. This implies that the analytical focus should be on the contextualized political dynamics of conflict and its transformation, rather than a search for a direct causal link between the tsunami disaster and the political outcomes such as war or peace. Our on-going comparative research on the post-tsunami conflict resolution and democratization in Aceh and Sri Lanka addresses these political dynamics through three principal research questions: 1. How and to what extent has reconstruction/development been linked to processes of conflict resolution and rights based democratization? 2. How and to what extent has a process of rights based democratization been related to the parallel processes of reconstruction/development and conflict resolution? 3. How and to what extent have the parallel processes of reconstruction/development, conflict resolution and democratization generated political transformations of the armed insurgency movements? This brief article, which is based on work in progress, highlights some key lessons and preliminary conclusions for each of these research questions.

• Törnquist, Olle; Bastian, Sunil; Stokke, Kristian & Warouw, Nico (2009). Introducing the Power, Conflict and Democracy Programme. PCD Journal. ISSN 2085-0433. 1(1-2), p. 1–12. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle (2008). Kjapt, effektivt og billig. Gjensyn med de indonesiske massedrapene på kommunister 1965-66. In Hagtvet, Bernt (Eds.), Folkemordenes svarte bok. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215013084. p. 308–323. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle (2008). Indonesia's Held Back Democracy and Beyond - Introduction and Executive Briefing. In Samadhi, Willy Purna & Warouw, Nicolaas (Ed.), Building Democracy on the Sand. Demos. Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies. ISSN 9789791704915. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle & Warouw, Nicolaas (2008). Approaching Democracy - Some Brief Introductory Notes on Concepts and Methods. In Samadhi, Willy Purna & Warouw, Nicolaas (Ed.), Building Democracy on the Sand. Demos. Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies. ISSN 9789791704915. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle (2008). Power, Conflict and Democracy: The Analytical Framework. PCD Journal. ISSN 2085-0433. 1(1). Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle (2008). Power, Conflict and Democracy: Introdution to an open Research and Post Graduate Studies Programme with the Universities of Oslo, Gadja Mada and Colombo. PCD Journal. ISSN 2085-0433. 1(1). Full text in Research Archive
• Tôrnquist, Olle (2007). The Politics of Democratic Decentralisation. In Oommen, M. A. (Eds.), A Decade of Decentralisation in Kerala: Experience and Lessons. Har-Anand Publications for Institute of Social Sciences, New Dehli. ISSN 9788124112229. Full text in Research Archive
• Tôrnquist, Olle (2007). Has Democracy Stalled in Indonesia? Seminar New Delhi: a monthly symposium. ISSN 0971-6742. 576, p. 27–32. Full text in Research Archive
• Tôrnquist, Olle (2007). Muslim Politics and Democracy: The Case of Indonesia. Journal of Indonesian Islam. ISSN 1978-6301. 1(1), p. 1–17. Full text in Research Archive
• Tôrnquist, Olle (2007). Summary and Conclusion. In Priyono, A. E.; Samadhi, Willy P. & Tôrnquist, Olle (Ed.), Making democracy Meaningful. Problems and Options in Indonesia. Demos. Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies. ISSN 9789791704908. Full text in Research Archive
• Priyono, A. E.; Samadhi, Willy P. & Tôrnquist, Olle (2007). Introduction: Assessing Indonesian democracy from below. In Priyono, A. E.; Samadhi, Willy P. & Tôrnquist, Olle (Ed.), Making democracy Meaningful. Problems and Options in Indonesia. Demos. Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies. ISSN 9789791704908. Full text in Research Archive
• Tôrnquist, Olle (2006). Workers in Politics. Why is organised labour missing from the democratic movement? Inside Indonesia : bulletin of the Indonesia resources and inform 1983. ISSN 0814-1185. Full text in Research Archive
• Tôrnquist, Olle (2006). Beyond the confusion of rights and democracy - assessing Beetham's democratic assessment. Nordisk tidsskrift for menneskerettigheter. ISSN 1503-6480. 24(1). Full text in Research Archive
• Tôrnquist, Olle (2006). Assessing Democracy from Below: A framwork on Indonesian Pilot Study. Democratization. ISSN 1351-0347. 13(2), p. 227–255. Full text in Research Archive
• Tôrnquist, Olle (2005). Repoliticisation of Democracy in Developing Countries: Refelctions on an Emerging Trend. In Bjuremalm, Helena (Eds.), Supporting Political Party Systems - Experiences and Challenges. Sida. p. 47–58. Full text in Research Archive
• Harriss, John; Stokke, Kristian & Törnquist, Olle (2005). Pendahuluan: Politik Demokrasi Lokal Baru. In Harriss, John; Stokke, Kristian & Törnquist, Olle (Ed.), Politisasi Demokrasi: Politik Lokal Baru. Demos. Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies. ISSN 9789799996909. p. 1–38. Full text in Research Archive
• Tôrnquist, Olle (2004). The Political Deficit of Substantial Democratisation. In Harriss, John; Stokke, Kristian & Tôrnquist, Olle (Ed.), Politicising Democracy. The New Local Politics of Democratisation. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 9781403934819. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  There is a major contradiction in contemporary politics: there has been a wave of democratization that has swept across much of the world, while at the same time globalization appears to have reduced the social forces that have built democracy historically. This book, by an international group of authors, analyses the ways in which local politics in developing countries--often neglected in work on democratization--render democratic experiments more or less successful in realizing substantial democracy.

• Harris, John; Stokke, Kristian & Tôrnquist, Olle (2004). Introduction: The New Local Politics of Democratisation. In Harris, John; Stokke, Kristian & Tôrnquist, Olle (Ed.), Politicising Democracy: The New Local Politics of Democratisation. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 9781403934819. p. 1–28. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  There is a major contradiction in contemporary politics: there has been a wave of democratization that has swept across much of the world, while at the same time globalization appears to have reduced the social forces that have built democracy historically. This book, by an international group of authors, analyses the ways in which local politics in developing countries--often neglected in work on democratization--render democratic experiments more or less successful in realizing substantial democracy.

• Tôrnquist, Olle (2004). The Political Deficit of Substantial Democratisation. In Harris, John; Stokke, Kristian & Tôrnquist, Olle (Ed.), Politicising Democracy: The New Local Politics of Democratisation. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 9781403934819. p. 221–225. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  There is a major contradiction in contemporary politics: there has been a wave of democratization that has swept across much of the world, while at the same time globalization appears to have reduced the social forces that have built democracy historically. This book, by an international group of authors, analyses the ways in which local politics in developing countries--often neglected in work on democratization--render democratic experiments more or less successful in realizing substantial democracy.

• Harriss, John; Stokke, Kristian & Tôrnquist, Olle (2004). Introduction: The New Local Politics of Democratisation. In Harriss, John; Stokke, Kristian & Tôrnquist, Olle (Ed.), Politicising Democracy. The New Local Politics of Democratisation. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 9781403934819. p. 1–28. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  There is a major contradiction in contemporary politics: there has been a wave of democratization that has swept across much of the world, while at the same time globalization appears to have reduced the social forces that have built democracy historically. This book, by an international group of authors, analyses the ways in which local politics in developing countries--often neglected in work on democratization--render democratic experiments more or less successful in realizing substantial democracy.

• Tôrnquist, Olle (2004). Labour and Democracy: Reflections on the Indonesian Impasse. Journal of Contemporary Asia. ISSN 0047-2336. 34(3), p. 377–399. Full text in Research Archive
• Tôrnquist, Olle (2003). Assessing Problems and Options of Democratisation. In Rudebeck, Lars (Eds.), Democracy as Actual Practice: What Does Democracy Really Bring?. The Collegium for Development Studies. ISSN 9789197470506. p. 31–44. Full text in Research Archive
• Tôrnquist, Olle (2002). Development Studies Between Fashion and Reality: Reflections on a Norwegian Impasse. Forum for Development Studies. ISSN 0803-9410. 29(1), p. 93–123. Full text in Research Archive
• Tôrnquist, Olle (2002). What's Wrong with Indonesia's Democratisation? (basic version). Asian Journal of Social Science. ISSN 1568-4849. Full text in Research Archive

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• Törnquist, Olle; Sundström, Anna & Carmesund, Ulf Arvid (2025). Egentligen är världen full av hopp : trettiosex röster om motståndet mot den globala konservativa nationalismen. Bokförlaget Korpen. ISBN 9789189945210. 608 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Bye, Vegard & Törnquist, Olle (2023). Gjenreising av det globale fellesskapet: Hvor ble det av solidariteten? Forlaget Kolon. ISBN 9788230026229. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle & Bye, Vegard (2023). Gjenreising av det globale fellesskapet. Hvor ble det av solidariteten? Kolofon Forlag AS. ISBN 9788230026229. 336 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle & Djani, Luky (2017). Dilemmas of Populist Transactionalism. What are the prospects now for popular politics in Indonesia? Research Centre for Politics and Government UGM. ISBN 9786026093301. 96 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle & Harriss, John (2016). Reinventing Social Democratic Development. Insights from Indian and Scandinavian Comparisons. NIAS Press. ISBN 9788776942007. 366 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle & Savirani, Amalinda (2015). Reclaiming the State. Overcoming Problems of Democracy in Post-Soeharto Indonesia. PCD Press. ISBN 9786027196230. 269 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle (2013). Assessing Dynamic Democratisation. Transformative Politics, New Institutions, and the Case of Indonesia. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137369345. 324 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Stokke, Kristian & Törnquist, Olle (2013). Democratization in the Global South: The Importance of Transformative Politics. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230370036. 337 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle (2011). 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. ISBN 9789793731254. 383 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle; Prasetyo, Stanley Adi & Birks, Teresa (2010). The Role of Democracy for Peace and Reconstruction, Second edition. PCD Press. ISBN 9789791704939. 400 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle; Prasetyo, Stanley Adi & Birks, Teresa (2009). The Role of Democracy for Peace and Reconstruction. PCD Press. ISBN 9789791704939. 389 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle; Webster, Neill & Stokke, Kristian (2009). Rethinking Popular Representation. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230621367. 273 p. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Rethinking Popular Representation starts out from the deep concern with contemporary tendencies towards depoliticisation of public issues and popular interests. It is argued that the root cause of this is flawed representation, due to both elitist institution building and fragmented citizen participation. Hence the book makes a case for the need to rethink more democratic popular representation. Towards this end the book outlines an overarching analytical framework for popular representation, examines key theoretical issues and empirical experiences of popular representation and provides a policy-oriented conclusion.

• Priyono, A. E.; Samadhi, Willy P. & Tôrnquist, Olle (2007). Making democracy Meaningful. Problems and Options in Indonesia. Demos. Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies. ISBN 9789791704908. 400 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Tôrnquist, Olle; Priyono, A. E.; Subono, Nur I. & Samadhi, Willy P. (2005). MENJADIKAN DEMOKRASI BERMAKNA. Masalah dan pilihan di Indonesia. Demos. ISBN 9789792521306. 327 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Harriss, John; Stokke, Kristian & Törnquist, Olle (2005). Politisasi Demokrasi: Politik Lokal Baru. Demos. Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies. ISBN 9789799996909. 362 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Harriss, John; Stokke, Kristian & Tôrnquist, Olle (2004). Politicising Democracy. The New Local Politics of Democratisation. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781403934819. 272 p. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  There is a major contradiction in contemporary politics: there has been a wave of democratization that has swept across much of the world, while at the same time globalization appears to have reduced the social forces that have built democracy historically. This book, by an international group of authors, analyses the ways in which local politics in developing countries--often neglected in work on democratization--render democratic experiments more or less successful in realizing substantial democracy.

• Harris, John; Stokke, Kristian & Tôrnquist, Olle (2004). Politicising Democracy: The New Local Politics of Democratisation. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781403934819. 272 p. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  There is a major contradiction in contemporary politics: there has been a wave of democratization that has swept across much of the world, while at the same time globalization appears to have reduced the social forces that have built democracy historically. This book, by an international group of authors, analyses the ways in which local politics in developing countries--often neglected in work on democratization--render democratic experiments more or less successful in realizing substantial democracy.

• Priyono, A. E.; Tôrnquist, Olle & Prasetyo, Stanley Adi (2003). The Indonesia Post-Soeharto Democracy Movement. Demo. ISBN 9789799802903. 650 p. Full text in Research Archive

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• Bye, Vegard; Törnquist, Olle & Braathen, Einar (2023). Er solidarisk internasjonalisme mulig i dag? In Törnquist, Olle & Bye, Vegard (Ed.), Gjenreising av det globale fellesskapet. Hvor ble det av solidariteten?. Kolofon Forlag AS. ISSN 9788230026229. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle (2021). Buried Histories: The Anticommunist Massacres of 1965–1966 in Indonesia. Journal of Contemporary Asia. ISSN 0047-2336. doi: 10.1080/00472336.2021.1904271. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle (2021). Social Democratic Challenges in the South - and why they matter for the North too. In Brandal, Nikolai; Bratberg, Øivind & Thorsen, Dag Einar (Ed.), Social Democracy in the 21st Century. Emerald Group Publishing Limited. ISSN 9781839099533. p. 15–36. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle (2020). Labour and Politics in Indonesia. By Teri L. Caraway and Michele Ford. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2020. Journal of Contemporary Asia. ISSN 0047-2336. doi: 10.1080/00472336.2020.1861641. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle (2019). How long is Now? Of Indonasian Reformasi and its Belated Reclaiming of Cold War History. Keyoto Review of Southeast Asia. 26. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle (2018). New Social Democracy in the South? Reflections from India, Indonesia, and Scandinavia in Comparative Perspective. In Halvorsen, Tor; Tapscott, Chris & Rosario, Teresita Cruz- Del (Ed.), The Democratic Development State: North-South Perspectives. Ibidem-Verlag. ISSN 9783838210452. p. 149–177. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle (2018). Kerela Efforts at Inclusive Development In view of the Global Crisis of Social Democracy. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle; Hanif, Hasrul; Hiariej, Eric; Samadhi, Willy Purna & Savirani, Amalinda (2016). Varför stagnerar demokratiseringen och vilken är vëgen framåt? In Malnes, Raino Sverre (Eds.), Velkommen til statsvitenskap. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205494718. p. 98–120. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle (2011). WORKERS AND INTELLECTUALS:. NGOs, Trade Unions and the Indonesian Labour Movement. Southeast Asia Publications Series. Pacific Affairs. ISSN 0030-851X. 84(1), p. 203–204. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle (2010). Democratization in Post-Suharto Indonesia. Democratization. ISSN 1351-0347. 17(1), p. 214–216. Full text in Research Archive
• Törnquist, Olle (2010). Communism in the Indian Sub-continent. In Pons, Silvio & Service, Robert (Ed.), A Dictionary of 20th-Century Communism. Princeton University Press. ISSN 9780691135854. Full text in Research Archive
• Tôrnquist, Olle (2006). Stefan Eklöf: Power and Political Culture in Suharto's Indonesia. Democratization. ISSN 1351-0347. 13(3). Full text in Research Archive
• Tôrnquist, Olle (2006). Teresia Rindefjäll: Democracy Beyond the Ballot Box: Citizen Participation and Social Rights in Post-Transition Chile. Statsvetenskaplig Tidsskrift. ISSN 0039-0747. Full text in Research Archive
• Tôrnquist, Olle (2006). Prisoners of Social Capital -Review article on Interrogating Social Captital: The Indian Experience, eds. Bhattacharyya et al. Economic and Political Weekly. ISSN 0012-9976. p. 3404–3407. Full text in Research Archive
• Tôrnquist, Olle (2006). Edward Aspinall: Oppositing Suharto: Compromise, Resistance and Regime Change in Indonesia. Democratization. ISSN 1351-0347. 13(3). Full text in Research Archive
• Tôrnquist, Olle (2005). John Roosa: Pretext for Mass Murder. The September 30th Movement and Suharto's Coup d'Etat in Indonesia. International Review of Social History. ISSN 0020-8590. 52(2). Full text in Research Archive
• Tôrnquist, Olle (2004). Problems and Options of Indonesian Democratisation. Economic and Political Weekly. ISSN 0012-9976. 39(10). Full text in Research Archive
• Tôrnquist, Olle (2002). Intervju om norsk MR-dialog m. Indonesia. [Radio]. Oslo : Klassekampen. Full text in Research Archive
• Stokke, Kristian; Törnquist, Olle & Arnesen, Vegar Krogh (2018). Power, Welfare and Democracy. Lessons from Indonesia in Comparative Perspectives, especially Myanmar and Scandinavia (Conference report, University of Oslo, 29-30 November 2017). Universitetet i Oslo. Full text in Research Archive
• Tôrnquist, Olle; Priyono, A. E. & Samadhi, Willy P. (2005). Towards an Agenda for Meaningful Human Rights-Based Democracy. Demos. Full text in Research Archive
• Tôrnquist, Olle (2002). Assessing and Supporting Democratisation in Indonesia: A user Oriented Approach. Proposal for an Integrated Research&Studies Programme. Full text in Research Archive

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