Challenging Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia: Comparing Indonesia and Malaysia
Challenging Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia is one of the first substantial
comparative studies of contemporary Indonesia and Malaysia, homes to the
world’s largest Muslim populations. Following the collapse of New Order rule in
Indonesia in 1998, this book provides an in-depth examination of anti-
authoritarian forces in contemporary Indonesia and Malaysia, assessing their
problems and prospects.
The authors discuss the roles played by women, public intellectuals, arts
workers, industrial workers as well as environmental and Islamic activists. They
explore how different forms of authoritarianism in the two countries affect the
prospects of democratization, and examine the impact and legacy of the diverse
social and political protests in Indonesia and Malaysia in the late 1990s.
This book responds to the impasse of the ‘transition from authoritarian to
democracy’ paradigm by studying social agents and practices that lie beyond
formal political institutions and measures of economic performance. It adopts a
broader sense of politics, power and authoritarianism while challenging familiar
understandings of gender, Islam, ethnicity and social classes. It will interest
students and researchers of Asian Studies, Political Science, Sociology and
Cultural Studies.
comparative studies of contemporary Indonesia and Malaysia, homes to the
world’s largest Muslim populations. Following the collapse of New Order rule in
Indonesia in 1998, this book provides an in-depth examination of anti-
authoritarian forces in contemporary Indonesia and Malaysia, assessing their
problems and prospects.
The authors discuss the roles played by women, public intellectuals, arts
workers, industrial workers as well as environmental and Islamic activists. They
explore how different forms of authoritarianism in the two countries affect the
prospects of democratization, and examine the impact and legacy of the diverse
social and political protests in Indonesia and Malaysia in the late 1990s.
This book responds to the impasse of the ‘transition from authoritarian to
democracy’ paradigm by studying social agents and practices that lie beyond
formal political institutions and measures of economic performance. It adopts a
broader sense of politics, power and authoritarianism while challenging familiar
understandings of gender, Islam, ethnicity and social classes. It will interest
students and researchers of Asian Studies, Political Science, Sociology and
Cultural Studies.
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