Drawing attention to the wider literature on the linkages between civic engagement and democracy, this paper starts off by asking the question whether civic engagement beyond formal politics actually serves to strengthen democracy in Indonesia. Noting a contradiction between the literature that proposes that high associational density fosters democracy and recent analysis that highlights that political opportunity structures in Indonesia are unfavourable to popular representation and participation, the paper draws attention to a largely underexplored field within Indonesian democracy studies, namely that of mobilisation and participation by marginalised groups. The paper discusses and analyses strategies for bottom-up mobilisation, specific...
The core argument of this book is that citizenship is produced and practiced through movements again...
Page range: 131-164There is little consensus on the character of the Indonesia’s democracy. One comm...
This paper aims to analyse why Indonesia projects democracy as a state identity by taking on the rol...
This paper discusses democratisation practiced in Surakarta, Indonesia, which has been claimed by ma...
Democratisation in post-Suharto Indonesia has significantly improved political participation, liftin...
This article summarises and reflects a more extensive analysis about the experiences of attemps to d...
Hopes for democratization in Indonesia runs high, especially among political observers both at home ...
This article summarises and reflects a more extensive analysis about the experiences of attempts to ...
This paper has shown how the relationship between state and civil society in Indonesia is part of th...
Is a flourishing civil society’s political activism positively correlated with the deepening of Indo...
The paper explores problems and options that are challenged by the actors of pro-democracy movements...
This thesis examines whether economic development can deliver democracy. It specifically examines th...
The fall of Suharto has drawn much media and academic attention but the focus has been on the elite ...
Corruption has often stimulated the collapse of authoritarian regimes and was followed by democratis...
This thesis aims to articulate the role of civil society in creating pressure for and sustaining the...
The core argument of this book is that citizenship is produced and practiced through movements again...
Page range: 131-164There is little consensus on the character of the Indonesia’s democracy. One comm...
This paper aims to analyse why Indonesia projects democracy as a state identity by taking on the rol...
This paper discusses democratisation practiced in Surakarta, Indonesia, which has been claimed by ma...
Democratisation in post-Suharto Indonesia has significantly improved political participation, liftin...
This article summarises and reflects a more extensive analysis about the experiences of attemps to d...
Hopes for democratization in Indonesia runs high, especially among political observers both at home ...
This article summarises and reflects a more extensive analysis about the experiences of attempts to ...
This paper has shown how the relationship between state and civil society in Indonesia is part of th...
Is a flourishing civil society’s political activism positively correlated with the deepening of Indo...
The paper explores problems and options that are challenged by the actors of pro-democracy movements...
This thesis examines whether economic development can deliver democracy. It specifically examines th...
The fall of Suharto has drawn much media and academic attention but the focus has been on the elite ...
Corruption has often stimulated the collapse of authoritarian regimes and was followed by democratis...
This thesis aims to articulate the role of civil society in creating pressure for and sustaining the...
The core argument of this book is that citizenship is produced and practiced through movements again...
Page range: 131-164There is little consensus on the character of the Indonesia’s democracy. One comm...
This paper aims to analyse why Indonesia projects democracy as a state identity by taking on the rol...