Verena Beittinger-Lee

(Un) Civil Society and Political Change in Indonesia

A Contested Arena

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is a critical analysis of Indonesia's civil society and its impact on the country's democratization efforts that does not only take the classical, pro-democratic actors of civil society into account but also portrays uncivil groups and their growing influence on political processes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9780415547413
• ISBN-10: 0415547415
• Artikelnr.: 27388225

Autorenporträt

Verena Beittinger-Lee obtained her phd from the Department of Southeast Asian Studies at the Alexander von Humboldt University in Berlin in 2007 and now works at a law firm in New York.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. An uneasy correlation: (un)civil society and democracy
3. Historical and political framework for civil society formation in
Indonesia 4. Walking a tightrope: civil society under Suharto 5. Between
reform and regression: post-Suharto state and politics 6. A contested
arena: civil society in post-Suharto Indonesia 7. The rise of uncivil
society 8. Summary and Conclusion: (un)civil society and the future of
democracy in Indonesia