This book examines the politics of Islam and the state in Indonesia over recent decades, during which time there has been a notable resurgence of Islamic political movements. It argues that after a period when the state worked to bring religious authority and institutions within state- prescribed limits in order to support the official state ideology and political stability, in the late 1980s a…
This work traces the development of 20th century Islamic theological discourse in Indonesia, focussing on how modernist Muslims have constructed their theological thought during this period, which, in turn, reflects their religious understanding in response to the particular demands of their age
tim penulis, Alexandra Retno Wulan ... [et al.] ; editor, Andi Widjajanto.
Examines the history, geography, politics, religion, economy, and culture of the fourth-most populous country in the world.
Responding to the critical need of policymakers, and practitioners for current research on Indonesia, this text focuses on four areas: the economy; religion and ethnicitiy; civil society; and the military. A concluding chapter covers the International Monetary Fund and US policy towards Indonesia.
Throughout the postwar history of Indonesia, the military have played a key role in the politics of the country and in imposing unity on a fragmentary state. The collapse of the authoritarian New Order government of President Suharto weakened the state and the armed forces briefly lost their grip on control of the archipelago. However, under President Megawati, the military has again begun to a…
Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie.
This book explains the exceptional nature of the East Timor intervention of 1999, and deals with the background to the trusteeship role of the UN in building the new polity. All of these developments had an important impact on regional order, not least testing the ASEAN norm of 'non-interference'.Australian complicity in the Indonesian occupation of East Timor was a major factor in the persiste…