Muslim Politics and Democratisation in Indonesia
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Muslim Politics and Democratisation in Indonesia
By (Author) Luthfie Assyaukanie
Edited by Robert W. Hefner
Monash Asia Institute
Monash Asia Institute
10th April 2008
Australia
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Regional / International studies
Social groups: religious groups and communities
321
Physical Properties
Paperback
72
Width 155mm, Height 230mm
113g
Description
In the wake of Indonesia's 2004 elections, three eminent Southeast Asian scholars produced this study, analysing the political struggles of post-Suharto Indonesia. Dr. Luthfi Assyaukanie considers the search for an ideal model of polity and focuses on the santri generation, which entered the public arena in the 1970s. Professor Robert Hefner discusses the influence of informal Muslim politics on Indonesia's formal political process, the rise of Islamist paramilitaries, and the conservative turn among ulama groups like the Majelis Ulama Indonesia Indonesian Council of Religious Scholars. Finally, Professor Azyumardi Azra explores the compatibility of an Islamic state and democracy, and evaluates the 2004 elections in Indonesia.
