Youth, Politics and Social Engagement in Contemporary Indonesia About the author: Nurman Nowak has a Master in Southeast Asian Studies and is a PhD-candidate at the University of Göttingen, currently conducting field research in urban poor communities in Jakarta. Previously he worked for FES Indonesia where he participated in political education programs focusing on youth and has written extensively about the political and civil society development in contemporary Indonesia and Malaysia. The views expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. Imprint ©2021 Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Indonesia Office Jalan Kemang Selatan II No. 2 A| Jakarta 12730 INDONESIA Responsible: Sergio Grassi| Resident Director Phone:+62-21-7193711 Fax:+62-21-71791358 Email: info@fes.or.id Website: www.fes-indonesia.org Commercial use of all media published by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung(FES) is not permitted without the written consent of the FES. Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung(FES) is the oldest political foundation in Germany. The foundation is named after Friedrich Ebert, the first democratically elected president of Germany. With an international network of more than 100 countries worldwide, it contributes to fostering the core of social democracy – freedom, solidarity and social justice. FES established its Indonesia Representative Office in 1968 and since 2012 has been in cooperation with the Coordinating Ministry of Human Development and Culture(Kemenko PMK) Republic of Indonesia in order to pursue social justice in politics, the economy and in the society as one of FES leading principles worldwide, FES Indonesia has been conducting various activities in recent years to support the Social Security Reform, Welfare State, and Social Economic Development in Indonesia as well as promoting Indonesia as a reference to other countries in the region and at the international level for democratization, socio­economic and peaceful development. www.fes-indonesia.org Youth, Politics and Social Engagement in Contemporary Indonesia Nurman Nowak