Democracy and Islam in Indonesia
by Kunkler, Mirjam Stepan, Alfred C.
Indonesia's military government collapsed in 1998, igniting fears that economic, religious, and political conflicts would complicate any democratic transition. Yet in every year since 2006, the world's most populous Muslim country has received high marks from international democracy-ranking organizations. In this volume, political scientists, religious scholars, legal theorists, and anthropologists examine the theory and practice of Indonesia's democratic transition and its ability to serve as …
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- Full title :Democracy and Islam in Indonesia / edited by Mirjam Künkler and Alfred Stepan.
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Indonesia's military government collapsed in 1998, igniting fears that economic, religious, and political conflicts would complicate any democratic transition. Yet in every year since 2006, the world's most populous Muslim country has received high marks from international democracy-ranking organizations. In this volume, political scientists, religious scholars, legal theorists, and anthropologists examine the theory and practice of Indonesia's democratic transition and its ability to serve as a model for other Muslim countries. They compare the Indonesian example with similar scenarios in Chile, Spain, India, and Tunisia, as well as with the failed transitions of Yugoslavia, Egypt, and Iran. Essays explore the relationship between religion and politics and the ways in which Muslims became supportive of democracy even before change occurred, and they describe how innovative policies prevented dissident military groups, violent religious activists, and secessionists from disrupting Indonesia's democratic evolution. The collection concludes with a discussion of Indonesia's emerging "legal pluralism" and of which of its forms are rights-eroding and rights-protecting. -- Amazon.com.
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- Publication Date:©2013
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- Publisher(s):Columbia University Press
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2013
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- Description:xv, 252 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780231161909, 0231161905, 9780231161916, 0231161913
- oclc:ocn825646121
- LC Classification:BP63.I5
- Dewey Decimal:320.9598
Table of Contents
Indonesian democratization in theoretical perspective / Mirjam Künkler and Alfred Stepan -- Indonesian democracy : from transition to consolidation / R. William Liddle and Saiful Mujani -- How pluralist democracy became the consensual discourse among secular and nonsecular Muslims in Indonesia / Mirjam Künkler -- Christian and Muslim minorities in Indonesia : state policies and majority Islamic organizations / Franz Magnis-Suseno, SJ -- Veto player no more? : the declining political influence of the military in postauthoritarian Indonesia / Marcus Mietzner -- Indonesian government approaches to radical Islam since 1998 / Sidney Jones -- How Indonesia survived : comparative perspectives on state disintegration and democratic integration / Edward Aspinall -- Contours of sharia in Indonesia / John Bowen -- Unfinished business : law reform, governance, and the courts in post-Suharto Indonesia / Tim Lindsey and Simon Butt.
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