Assessing the dynamics of democratization : transformative politics, new institutions, and the case of Indonesia / Olle Törnquist.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Törnquist, Olle, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democratization--Indonesia.

Democratization.

Indonesia.

Indonesia--Politics and government--1998-.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xviii, 302 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, [2013]

Summary:

"Grows out of attempts by academicians and activists to contribute to transformative politics by developing a way of acquiring better contextual sources and analysing the processes and problems of democratisation in a theoretically more inclusive way than in the mainstream assessments that have come to parallel the industry of measuring economic growth. The book summarises the critique of these approaches, suggests a comprehensive alternative framework, and shows how the alternative works in reality through a case study of the largest of the new democracies, Indonesia"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

2 The Institutions of Democracy 31

3 Actors and Institutions 49

4 Actors and Power 55

5 Actors and Democratisation 71

6 From Results to Recommendations 89

7 Theory in Practice 113.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137369345

1137369345

OCLC:

842330109