Politics in Contemporary Indonesia

Name: Politics in Contemporary Indonesia
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781138626065
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Institutional Change, Policy Challenges and Democratic Decline

By Ken M.P Setiawan and Dirk Tomsa

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Politics in Contemporary Indonesia by Ken M.P. Setiawan and Dirk Tomsa provides an in-depth analysis of Indonesia's current political landscape. The book explores key political ideas, institutions, interests, and issues shaping the country, addressing whether Indonesia still merits the title of a ‘model Muslim democracy’. It discusses the fading appeal of democracy, threats from predatory interests capturing institutions, and shrinking public space for defenders of democratic values. The authors examine the evolution of Indonesia’s institutional framework since democratisation began in 1998, competing political interests, and the impact on policy challenges and comparisons with other Muslim-majority states and regional neighbours. Accessible and comprehensive, the book is essential for students and scholars of Indonesian politics and related fields.
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This book is ideal for students and academics interested in Indonesian politics, Asian Studies, Comparative Politics, and International Relations, as well as readers seeking a well-rounded understanding of democracy in a Muslim-majority context.

This textbook is a comprehensive and easily accessible reference for both students and scholars of Indonesian politics. Up-to-date and written in an accessible style, it introduces readers to the most prominent ideas, institutions, interests and issues that shape political dynamics in Indonesia today.

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In Politics in Contemporary Indonesia, Ken M.P. Setiawan and Dirk Tomsa analyse the most prominent political ideas, institutions, interests, and issues that shape Indonesian politics today. Guided by the overarching question of whether Indonesia still deserves its famous label as a ‘model Muslim democracy’, the book argues that the most serious threats to Indonesian democracy emanate from the fading appeal of democracy as a compelling narrative, the increasingly brazen capture of democratic institutions by predatory interests, and the narrowing public space for those who seek to defend the values of democracy.

In so doing, the book answers the following key questions:

What are the dominant political narratives that underpin Indonesian politics?
How has Indonesia’s institutional framework evolved since the onset of democratisation in 1998?
How do competing political interests weaken or strengthen Indonesian democracy?
How does declining democracy affect Indonesia’s prospects for dealing with its main policy challenges?
How does Indonesia compare to other Muslim-majority states and to its regional neighbours?

Up-to-date, comprehensive, and written in an accessible style, this book will be of interest to both students and scholars of Indonesian politics, Asian Studies, Comparative Politics, and International Relations.

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Esteemed scholar Jamie S. Davidson from the National University of Singapore praises this work as the most authoritative and comprehensive overview of Indonesia's democracy in recent years. He commends the book for being capably written, tightly organised, and exhaustively researched, providing clarity on the complex forces affecting Indonesia’s journey towards democracy and the increasing risks it faces.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138626065

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 29 March 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 13 Tables, black and white; 9 Line drawings, black and white; 9 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

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Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 400g

Pages: 224

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About the Author

Ken M.P. Setiawan is Lecturer in Indonesian and Asian Studies at the Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne, Australia. She is also Associate at the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society (CILIS) at the Melbourne Law School. Her research interests include globalisation and human rights, particularly focusing on the promotion of human rights at national and local levels. She has widely published on the politics of human rights in contemporary Indonesia, including Promoting Human Rights: National Human Rights Institutions in Indonesia and Malaysia (2013). Dirk Tomsa is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy at La Trobe University, Australia. His main research interests focus on Indonesian and comparative Southeast Asian politics, especially in the areas of democratisation and democratic decline, electoral and party politics, institutional change and environmental politics. His publications include Party Politics and Democratization in Indonesia: Golkar in the Post-Suharto Era (Routledge, 2008) as well as two co-edited volumes and numerous journal articles and book chapters on Indonesian and Southeast Asian politics.