Nahdlatul Ulama and its political engagement with Indonesian presidents A'an Suryana

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Suryana, A'an, author.

Series:

Trends in Southeast Asia ; 2025, no. 19.

Trends In Southeast Asia issue 19, 2025

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

N.U. (Organization).

Indonesia--Politics and government--21st century.

Indonesia.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Singapore ISEAS Publishing [2025]

Summary:

"Since Indonesia adopted a direct presidential election in 2004, which applies a one-man, one-vote system, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the country's largest Muslim organization, has played an increasingly significant role in elections. Candidates actively develop ties with the organization's leaders and vast voter base to improve their chances of winning elections. Factors driving the political engagement between Indonesia's presidents and NU are arguably contingent on the dynamics of the existing political situation. Whereas material or transactional factors defined the political engagement between NU and presidents Soeharto, Megawati Soekarnoputri and Prabowo Subianto, the relationships were driven mainly by ideological factors under the administrations of Soekarno and Joko Widodo. This article seeks to trace, albeit briefly, the political engagement between Indonesia's presidents and NU throughout the presidencies of Soekarno to Prabowo Subianto. This longitudinal research seeks to give readers a more comprehensive understanding of NU's political engagement with different presidents throughout Indonesia's history"-- De Gruyter Brill

Contents:

Era of Soekarno and Soeharto (1945-98)

The post-Soeharto era

The period of directly elected presidents

Conclusion : Contingency in political engagement

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed December 31, 2025)

Other Format:

Print version Suryana, A'an Nahdlatul Ulama and its political engagement with Indonesian presidents

ISBN:

9815306960

9789815306965

OCLC:

1535445228

Access Restriction:

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