Democracy in Indonesia. The Challenge of Consolidation: With a Foreword by Former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid

Dr. Bob S. Hadiwinata; Dr. Christoph Schuck

doi:10.5771/9783845200484

Summary

Nach mehr als acht Jahren politischer Reform ist es notwendig, Indonesiens Demokratisierungsprozess zu analysieren. Dieses Buch gibt einen wichtigen Einblick in die aktuelle Politik und beinhaltet eine theoriebasierte Evaluierung der gegenwärtigen Situation – z.B. im Hinblick auf Rechtsstaatlichkeit, den Sicherheitssektor und Identitätsfragen. Abschließend wird diskutiert, ob Churchills berühmte Aussage, »Demokratie ist die schlechteste aller Staatsform mit Ausnahme all der anderen, die von Zeit zur Zeit Anwendung gefunden haben« auch für Indonesien gilt. Kann wirklich davon ausgegangen werden, dass es trotz aller Herausforderungen und Probleme für Indonesien kein besseres politisches System als das der Demokratie gibt?

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2007
Copyright Year: 2007
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8329-2374-7
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-0048-4
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Language: English
Pages: 413
Product Type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 2 - 6
Foreword by former President of the Republic of Indonesia No access Pages 7 - 8
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Preface and Acknowledgements No access Pages 9 - 10
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Mapping Indonesia’s Way towards Democracy: In Search of a Theoretical Frame No access Pages 11 - 28
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1. Embedded and Defective Democracies No access Pages 29 - 65
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2. Democracy: Social or Libertarian: Two Opposing Global Concepts No access Pages 65 - 75
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3. The Vertical Dimension of Democracy and Development: Federalism, Regionalisation, and Local Autonomy – Some Lessons learned from Europe No access Pages 75 - 109
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4. The Foreign Policy of the Democratic Nationstate No access Pages 109 - 123
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5. Precarious Stateness and the Fleeting Boundaries of Sovereignty: Theoretical Considerations on Giorgio Agamben and the Indonesian Case No access Pages 123 - 151
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6. The Breakdown of Autocratic Rule: Selected Aspects of Transition-Theories as Reflected in Indonesia’s Democratization-Process No access Pages 151 - 174
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1. The Indonesian Constitution: Historical Developments and an Evaluation of Recent Constitutional Amendments No access Pages 175 - 201
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2. Political Parties and Elections in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia No access Pages 201 - 219
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3. Decentralization and its Impact on Local Democracy in Indonesia: A Case Study from West Java No access Pages 219 - 243
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4. The ‘Tradition’ of Corruption and the Challenge of Establishing a ‘Clean’ Political Environment in Indonesia No access Pages 243 - 266
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1. Security Sector Reform in Indonesia: Military vs. Civil Supremacy No access Pages 267 - 297
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2. Terrorism, Intelligence Reform and the Protection of Civil Liberties in Indonesia No access Pages 297 - 311
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3. Political Violence and Separatist Movements in Indonesia. The Case of West Papua No access Pages 311 - 332
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1. The Role of Cultural and Linguistic Features in the Creation of New Provinces in Indonesia – the Case of West and Central Java No access Pages 333 - 345
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2. Civil or Uncivil Society? Islamic Extremism and Democratization in Indonesia No access Pages 345 - 361
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3. Inter-Religious Relations and the Future of Democracy in Indonesia No access Pages 361 - 371
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4. Democratization and Foreign Policy in Indonesia: The Impact of Islamic “Symbolic Politics” on Post-Suharto Foreign Policy No access Pages 371 - 392
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1. Indonesia: A Defective Democracy faces the Challenge of Democratic Consolidation No access
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Note on Contributors No access Pages 409 - 413