Military politics, Islam, and the state in Indonesia from turbulent transition to democratic consolidation

This book presents an account of the military's struggle to adapt to the fresh democratic system after the downfall of Suharto's authoritarian regime in 1998. This book emphasizes the importance of conflicts among civilians in determining the extent of military involvement in political aff...

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Main Author: Mietzner, Marcus (Author)
Corporate Author: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Singapore Institute of Southeast Asian Studies ©2009
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Militaries in political transitions: theories and the case of Indonesia
  • pt.1.Historica legacies, 1945-97
  • Doctrine and power: legacies of Indonesian military politics
  • Islam and the state: legacies of civilian conflict
  • pt.2. Crisis and regime change, 1997-98
  • Regime change: military factionalism and Suharto's fall
  • Divided against Suharto: Muslim groups and the 1998 regime change
  • pt.3. The post-authoritarian transition, 1998-2004-- Adapting to democracy: TNI in the early post-authoritarian polity
  • New era, old divisions: Islamic politics in the early post-Suharto period
  • pt.4. Democratic consolidation, 2004-08
  • 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