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Democracy in Indonesia : from stagnation to regression
Title
Democracy in Indonesia : from stagnation to regression / edited by Thomas Power and Eve Warburton.
ISBN
9789814881517
9814881511
9789814881500
9814881503
9789814881524
9789814881531
Publication
Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2020.
Physical Description
xxii, 390 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Notes
The majority of contributions to this volume, with the exception of those by Marcus Mietzner, Ross Tapsell and Thomas Power, were developed out of papers presented at the 37th annual Indonesia Update conference, held at the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, on 6-7 September 2019.
In English.
Summary
Indonesia has long been hailed as a rare case of democratic transition and persistence in an era of global democratic setbacks. But as the country enters its third decade of democracy, such laudatory assessments have become increasingly untenable. The stagnation that characterized Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's second presidential term has given way to a more far-reaching pattern of democratic regression under his successor, Joko Widodo. This volume is the first comprehensive study of Indonesia's contemporary democratic decline. Its contributors identify, explain and debate the signs of regression, including arbitrary state crackdowns on freedom of speech and organization, the rise of vigilantism, deepening political polarization, populist mobilization, the dysfunction of key democratic institutions, and the erosion of checks and balances on executive power. They ask why Indonesia, until recently considered a beacon of democratic exceptionalism, increasingly conforms to the global pattern of democracy in retreat.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 03, 2021
Series
Indonesia update series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. The Decline of Indonesian Democracy / Thomas Power, Eve Warburton
Part 1. Historic al and comparative perspectives 2. Indonesia's democracy in a comparative perspective / Allen Hicken ; 3. Indonesia's tenuous democratic success and survival / Dan Slater
Part 2. Polarisation and populism. 4. How polarised is Indonesia and why does it matter? / Eve Warburton ; 5. Divided Muslims: Militant pluralism, polarisation and democratic backsliding / Nava Nuraniyah ; 6. Is populism a threat to Indonesian democracy? / Liam Gammon ; 7. Islamic populism and Indonesia's illiberal democracy / Abdil Mughis Mudhoffir
Part 3. Popular support for democracy. 8. Electoral losers, democratic support and authoritarian nostalgia / Burhanuddin Muhtadi ; 9. How popular conceptions of democracy shape democratic support in Indonesia / Diego Fossati, Ferran Martinez i Coma
Part 4. Democratic institutions. 10. Indonesian parties revisited: Systemic exclusivism, electoral personalisation and declining intraparty democracy / Marcus Mietzner ; 11. The media and democratic decline / Ross Tapsell ; 12. The economic dimensions of Indonesia's democratic quality: a subnational approach / Puspa Delima Amri, Mochamad Pasha ; 13. A state of surveillance? Freedom of expression under the Jokowi Presidency / Ken M.P. Setiawan
Part 5. Law, security and disorder. 14. Assailing accountability: Law enforcement politicisation, partisan coercion and executive aggrandisement under the Jokowi Administration / Thomas Power ; 15. In the state's stead? Vigilantism and policing of religious offence in Indonesia / Sana Jaffrey ; 16. Rumour, identity and violence in contemporary Indonesia: evidence from elections in West Kalimantan / Irsyad Rafsadie, Dyah Ayu Kartika, Siswo Mulyartono ; 17. Electoral violence in Indonesia 20 years after Reformasi / Risa J Toha, SP Harish.
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