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Party Politics and Democratization in Indonesia

Golkar in the Post-Suharto Era

By: Dirk Tomsa

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Party Politics and Democratization in Indonesia

Golkar in the Post-Suharto Era

By: Dirk Tomsa

This book presents the first sustained analysis of Indonesian party politics in the post-New Order era and the first systematic application of the increasingly influential party institutionalization approach to the case of Indonesia.

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1134045751

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Politics in Contemporary Indonesia

Institutional Change, Policy Challenges and Democratic Decline

By: Ken M.P Setiawan,Dirk Tomsa

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Politics in Contemporary Indonesia

Institutional Change, Policy Challenges and Democratic Decline

By: Ken M.P Setiawan,Dirk Tomsa

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 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 for both students and scholars of Indonesian politics, Asian Studies, Comparative Politics and International Relations.

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Party Politics and Democratization in Indonesia

Golkar in the post-Suharto era

By: Dirk Tomsa

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Party Politics and Democratization in Indonesia

Golkar in the post-Suharto era

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Party Politics and Democratization in Indonesia: Golkar in the Post-Suharto Era provides the first in-depth analysis of contemporary Indonesian party politics and the first systematic explanation why Golkar is still the strongest party in Indonesia. Applying a multi-dimensional conceptual framework of party institutionalization theory, the book examines Golkar’s organizational infrastructure, its decisional autonomy and programmatic platform as well as the party’s relations to the mass media. Strengths and weaknesses in the individual dimensions of institutionalization are then contrasted with the corresponding levels of institutionalization reached by Indonesia’s other major parties. Tomsa argues that Golkar remains Indonesia’s strongest party because it is better institutionalized than its electoral competitors. However, while highlighting the former regime party’s strengths in key aspects of party institutionalization, he also shows that Golkar also has some considerable institutional weaknesses which in 2004 prevented the party from achieving an even better result in the general election As an empirical study on Golkar, and Indonesia's other major political parties, this book will be of huge interest to students and scholars of Southeast Asian politics, political parties and elections and democratization.

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Politics in Contemporary Indonesia

Institutional Change, Policy Challenges and Democratic Decline

By: Ken M.P Setiawan,Dirk Tomsa

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Institutional Change, Policy Challenges and Democratic Decline

By: Ken M.P Setiawan,Dirk Tomsa

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Party Politics and Democratization in Indonesia

Party Politics and Democratization in Indonesia

Politics in Contemporary Indonesia

Politics in Contemporary Indonesia

Party Politics and Democratization in Indonesia

Party Politics and Democratization in Indonesia

Politics in Contemporary Indonesia

Politics in Contemporary Indonesia

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