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Military politics, Islam, and the state in Indonesia : from turbulent transition to democratic consolidation / Marcus Mietzner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mietzner, Marcus, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indonesia. Tentara Nasional--Political activity.
- Indonesia.
- Civil-military relations--Indonesia.
- Civil-military relations.
- Islam and politics--Indonesia.
- Islam and politics.
- Indonesia--Politics and government--1966-1998.
- Indonesia--Politics and government--1998-.
- Indonesia--Armed Forces--Political activity.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 426 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Military Politics, Islam & the State in Indonesia
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 internal military developments, Mietzner's study emphasizes the importance of conflicts among civilians in determining the extent of military involvement in political affairs. Analysing disputes between Indonesia's main Muslim groups, Mietzner argues that their intense rivalry between 1998 and 2004 allowed the military to extend its engagement in politics and protect its institutional interests. The stabilization of the civilian polity after 2004, in contrast, has led to an increasing marginalization of the armed forces from the power centre. Drawing broader conclusions from these events for Indonesia's ongoing process of democratic consolidation, the book shows that the future role of the armed forces in politics will largely depend on the ability of civilian leaders to maintain functioning democratic institutions and procedures.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Nov 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p.384-410) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789814459044
- 9814459046
- 9789812307873
- 9812307877
- 9789812308450
- 9812308458
- OCLC:
- 741492773
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