1st Edition

Managing Politics and Islam in Indonesia

By Donald Porter Copyright 2002
286 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

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 in the late 1980s and 1990s, when the state worked to bring religious authority and institutions within state-prescribed limits in order to support the official state ideology and political... Read more
Forward Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Chapter 1. Islamic revival and state control Chapter 2. State corporatism and pluralist challenge Chapter 3. State corporatism and Indonesia under Suharto Chapter 4. State management of Muslim associational life Chapter 5. The capture of Muslim interests into non-party entities Chapter 6. Nahdlatul Ulama: Between incorporation and independence Chapter 7. Intra-elite rivalry: Incorporated Islam in conflict with the military Chapter 8. Mobilisations and counter-mobilisations of state and society Chapter 9. The unravelling of Suharto's regime: Muslims join call for change Chapter 10. Habibie and party pluralism Chapter 11. Conclusion: The failure of State Corporatism? References Index

Biography

Donald James Porter is a visiting Fellow at the Australian National University.