Military politics, Islam, and the state in Indonesia from turbulent transition to democratic consolidation

Based on a decade of research in Indonesia, this book provides an in-depth account of the military's struggle to adapt to the new democratic system after the downfall of Suharto's authoritarian regime in 1998. Unlike other studies of the Indonesian armed forces, which focus exclusively on...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Content Provider (content provider)
Other Authors: Mietzner, Marcus, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 2009.
Edition:1st ed
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009436329006719
Table of Contents:
  • Militaries in political transitions: theories and the case of Indonesia
  • Doctrine and power: legacies of Indonesian military politics
  • Islam and the state: legacies of civilian conflict
  • Regime change: military factionalism and Suharto's fall
  • Divided against Suharto: Muslim groups and the 1998 regime change
  • Adapting to democracy: TNI in the early post-authoritarian polity
  • New era, old divisions: Islamic politics in the early post-Suharto period
  • Yudhoyono and the declining role of state coercion
  • Stabilizing the civilian polity: Muslim groups in Yudhoyono's Indonesia
  • Controlling the military: conflict and governance in Indonesia's consolidating democracy.