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Record Nr.

UNINA9910345123803321

Autore

Ziegenhain Patrick <1969->

Titolo

The Indonesian Parliament and Democratization / / Patrick Ziegenhain

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, , 2008

ISBN

9789814459310

9814459313

9789812304865

981230486X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 238 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

328.598

Soggetti

Legislative bodies - Indonesia

Democratization - Indonesia

Indonesia Politics and government 1998-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Nov 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-223) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS AND INDONESIAN ACRONYMS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Parliaments and Democratization -- 3. Rubber Stamp? -- 4. The Awakening -- 5. Power Broker -- 6. The Parliament between 1997 and 2004 -- 7. Conclusion and Perspectives -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sommario/riassunto

Democratization in Indonesia has altered the political decision-making processes in many ways. It has also brought about tremendous change to the role of the Indonesian parliament in the country's political system. Once characterized as a powerless rubber stamp, the parliament has developed into a comprehensive and more representative body able to fulfil its functions more adequately.  In the literature on democratic transition, the impact of parliaments on regime changes and on the democratic reorganization of the most important state institutions and regulations is usually neglected. In the Indonesian case, however, the national parliament was one of the most decisive actors and is therefore the focus of this book. The author analyses the parliament's contribution towards the process of democratization. Thus, this book contributes not only to research on



the Indonesian democratization process, but also to the comparative research on parliaments in transition processes in general.