Democracy in Indonesia: From Stagnation to Regression?

Indonesia has long been hailed as a rare case of democratic transition and persistence in an era of global democratic setbacks. But as the country enters its third decade of democracy, such laudatory assessments have become increasingly untenable. The stagnation that characterized Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's second presidential term has given way to a more far-reaching pattern of democratic regression under his successor, Joko Widodo. This volume is the first comprehensive study of Indonesia's contemporary democratic decline. Its contributors identify, explain and debate the signs of regression, including arbitrary state crackdowns on freedom of speech and organization, the rise of vigilantism, deepening political polarization, populist mobilization, the dysfunction of key democratic institutions, and the erosion of checks and balances on executive power. They ask why Indonesia, until recently considered a beacon of democratic exceptionalism, increasingly conforms to the global pattern of democracy in retreat.

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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Tables and Figures
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Contributors
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Foreword
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- By Endy Bayuni
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Acknowledgments
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Glossary
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1 - The decline of Indonesian Democracy
pp 1-20
- By Thomas Power, Eve Warburton
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Part 1 - Historic al and Comparative Perspectives
pp 21-22
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2 - Indonesia’s democracy in a comparative perspective
pp 23-44
- By Allen Hicken
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3 - Indonesia’s tenuous democratic success and survival
pp 45-60
- By Dan Slater
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Part 2 - Polarisation and Populism
pp 61-62
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4 - How polarised is Indonesia and why does it matter?
pp 63-80
- By Eve Warburton
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5 - Divided Muslims: militant pluralism, polarisation and democratic backsliding
pp 81-100
- By Nava Nuraniyah
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6 - Is populism a threat to Indonesian democracy?
pp 101-117
- By Liam Gammon
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7 - Islamic populism and Indonesia’s illiberal democracy
pp 118-138
- By Abdil Mughis Mudhoffir
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Part 3 - Popular Supp ort for Democracy
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8 - Electoral losers, democratic support and authoritarian nostalgia
pp 141-165
- By Burhanuddin Muhtadi
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9 - How popular conceptions of democracy shape democratic support in Indonesia
pp 166-188
- By Diego Fossati, Ferran Martinez i Coma
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Part 4 - Democratic Institutions
pp 189-190
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10 - Indonesian parties revisited: systemic exclusivism, electoral personalisation and declining intraparty democracy
pp 191-209
- By Marcus Mietzner
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11 - The media and democratic decline
pp 210-227
- By Ross Tapsell
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12 - The economic dimensions of Indonesia’s democratic quality: a subnational approach
pp 228-253
- By Puspa Delima Amri, Mochamad Pasha
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13 - A state of surveillance? Freedom of expression under the Jokowi presidency
pp 254-274
- By Ken M.P. Setiawan
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Part 5 - Law, Security and Disorder
pp 275-276
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14 - Assailing accountability: law enforcement politicisation, partisan coercion and executive aggrandisement under the Jokowi administration
pp 277-302
- By Thomas P. Power
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15 - In the state’s stead? Vigilantism and policing of religious offence in Indonesia
pp 303-325
- By Sana Jaffrey
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16 - Rumour, identity and violence in contemporary Indonesia: evidence from elections in West Kalimantan
pp 326-345
- By Irsyad Rafsadie, Dyah Ayu Kartika, Siswo Mulyartono
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17 - Electoral violence in Indonesia 20 years after reformasi
pp 346-370
- By Risa J. Toha, S.P. Harish
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Index
pp 371-390
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