This article focuses on how development issues were portrayed in Southeast Asian literature in the latter half of the twentieth century. Initiative for undertaking developmental projects came from (1) external powers' aim to make local institutions conform to their criteria or (2) endogenous ambitions of emulating nations seen as enjoying higher standards of living. The concrete expression of the first was the adoption of the 'hearts and minds' strategy-the United States' response to the threat of communist movements in the region-as expressed in Thai literature of the 1970s. The second initiative was chosen in the Republic of Indonesia with its adoption and adaption of a cooperative development strategy, as enshrined in the Constitution. Selected works from the Colonial Era to the early Reform Era show a sequence of individual initiatives (Colonial Era, pre-1945) through individuals working collectively with the support of authorities (Sukarno Era, 1945-1965) to individuals taking the initiative in the face of passive authorities (New Order Era, 1965-1998), to the present apparent disenchantment with the model that has served Indonesia for the past three-quarters of a century.
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