Politics in Indonesia : Democracy, Islam and the Ideology of Tolerance

ISBN-13: 9780415164672 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 296 str.

Douglas E. Ramage;Ramage Douglas

Opis

Ramage argues that questions about the legitimacy of Saharto's New Order government, the crucial relationship between Islam and the state, the role of the armed forces in politics and the potential for democracy now dominate the political debate.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Origins of discourse; Chapter 2 Abdurrahman Wahid and Nahdlatul Ulama; Chapter 3 The Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals’ Association (ICMI); Chapter 4 The Indonesian armed forces; Chapter 5 Secular nationalists; Chapter 6 Conclusion;

O autorze

A Research Fellow in the Programme on International Economics and Politics at the East-West Centre, Hawaii. A former Fulbright Scholar in Indonesia, he previously held appointments at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore and the University of Hawaii.