Activists in Transition: Progressive Politics in Democratic Indonesia

by Thushara Dibley (Editor), Michele Ford (Editor)

Overview

Activists in Transition examines the relationship between social movements and democratization in Indonesia. Collectively, progressive social movements have played a critical role over in ensuring that different groups of citizens can engage directly in—and benefit from—the political process in a way that was not possible under authoritarianism. However, their individual roles have been different, with some playing a decisive role in the destabilization of the regime and others serving as bell-weathers of the advancement, or otherwise, of Indonesia's democracy in the decades since. Equally important, democratization has affected social movements differently depending on the form taken by each movement during the New Order period. The book assesses the contribution that nine progressive social movements have made to the democratization of Indonesia since the late 1980s, and how, in turn, each of those movements has been influenced by democratization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781501748301
Publisher:	Southeast Asia Program Publications
Publication date:	12/15/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	959 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Thushara Dibley is Lecturer in Asian Studies and Deputy Director of Sydney Southeast Asia Centre. Follow her on X @thushdibley.

Michele Ford is Professor of Southeast Asian Studies and Director of Sydney Southeast Asia Centre. Follow her on X @MicheleSSEAC.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations and Terms
Introduction: Social Movements and Democratization in Indonesia, by Thushara Dibley and Michele Ford
1. Student Movements and Indonesia's Democratic Transition, by Yatun Sastramidjaja
2. Democratization and Indonesia's Anticorruption Movement, by Elisabeth Kramer
3. Indonesia's Labor Movement and Democratization, by Teri L. Caraway and Michele Ford
4. Movements for Land Rights in Democratic Indonesia, by Iqra Anugrah
5. Urban Poor Activism and Political Agency in Post–New Order Jakarta, by Ian Wilson
6. Reformasi and the Decline of Liberal Islam, by Greg Fealy
7. The Women's Movement and Indonesia's Transition to Democracy, by Rachel Rinaldo
8. The Unfulfilled Promise of Democracy: Lesbian and Gay Activism in Indonesia, by Hendri Wijaya and Sharyn Graham Davies
9. Democratization and Disability Activism in Indonesia, by Thushara Dibley
Conclusion: Social Movements, Patronage Democracy, and Populist Backlash in Indonesia, by Edward Aspinall
List of Contributors
Index

What People are Saying About This

Gerry van Klinken

Each chapter is broadly historical, showing the long sweep of change over the forty years or so from the mid New Order to the present day. Activists in Transition is well documented, clearly structured, pleasingly written, and authoritative.

Jane Hutchison

Activists in Transition makes a strong contribution to the literature on political change in Indonesia—and Southeast Asia more broadly—in providing comprehensive and up-to-date information on the nature and fate of progressive politics in Indonesia.

Editorial Reviews

Activists in Transition is an excellent and empirically rich volume that fills in the existing gap in the scholarship of social movement and democratic transition, which is of interest to Indonesian studies, Asian studies, and comparative politics scholars alike.

Pacific Affairs

Activists in Transition is an excellent and empirically rich volume that fills in the existing gap in the scholarship of social movement and democratic transition, which is of interest to Indonesian studies, Asian studies, and comparative politics scholars alike.

-- "Pacific Affairs"

From the Publisher

"Each chapter is broadly historical, showing the long sweep of change over the forty years or so from the mid New Order to the present day. Activists in Transition is well documented, clearly structured, pleasingly written, and authoritative."

Gerry van Klinken

"Activists in Transition makes a strong contribution to the literature on political change in Indonesia—and Southeast Asia more broadly—in providing comprehensive and up-to-date information on the nature and fate of progressive politics in Indonesia."

Jane Hutchison