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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463422503321

Autore

Beittinger-Lee Verena

Titolo

(Un)Civil society and political change in Indonesia : a contested arena / / Verena Beittinger-Lee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2009

ISBN

0-203-86879-X

1-283-96978-5

1-135-24761-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies on civil society in Asia ; ; 2

Routledge studies on civil society in Asia

Disciplina

320.9598

Soggetti

Civil society - Indonesia

Democracy - Indonesia

Electronic books.

Indonesia Politics and government 1998-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [266]-293) and index.

Nota di contenuto

An uneasy correlation : (un)civil society and democracy -- Historical and political framework for civil society formation in Indonesia -- Walking a tightrope : civil society under Suharto -- Between reform and regression : post-Suharto state and politics -- A contested arena : civil society in post-Suharto Indonesia -- The rise of uncivil society -- Summary and conclusion : (un)civil society and the future of democracy in Indonesia.

Sommario/riassunto

(Un) Civil Society and Political Change in Indonesia provides critical analysis of Indonesia's civil society and its impact on the country's democratization efforts that does not only take the classical, pro-democratic actors of civil society into account but also portrays uncivil groups and their growing influence on political processes.Beittinger-Lee offers a revised categorization of civil society, including a model to define the sphere of 'uncivil society' more closely and to identify several subcategories of uncivil society. This is the first book to portrays various un