Indonesia : : Democracy and the Promise of Good Governance / / ed. by Ross H. McLeod, Andrew MacIntyre.

The success or failure of democratic reform in Indonesia is a key question for Indonesia itself and for the surrounding region. Although Indonesia's transition to democracy holds out the promise of good governance, this cannot be taken for granted — as the recent military takeover in Thailand s...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Place / Publishing House:Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2007]
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Year of Publication:2007
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
List of Tables and Figures --
List of Contributors --
Acknowledgments --
Glossary --
1 Introduction --
Part I Forming and Reforming the Architecture of Governance --
2 Indonesia’s Constitutional Change Reviewed --
3 Electoral and Political Party Reform --
4 Tracing the Progress of Local Governments since Decentralisation --
Part II The Roles of Government --
5 The State and the Market in Democratic Indonesia --
6 Government and Private Business: Rents, Representation and Collective Action --
7 Muslim Politics in Indonesia’s Democratisation: The Religious Majority and the Rights of Minorities in the Post-New Order Era --
8 Children, Welfare and Protection: A New Policy Framework? --
Part III The Institutions of Government --
9 The Civil Service: Towards Efficiency, Effectiveness and Honesty --
10 The Constitutional Court’s Decision in the Dispute between the Supreme Court and the Judicial Commission: Banishing Judicial Accountability? --
Index
Summary:The success or failure of democratic reform in Indonesia is a key question for Indonesia itself and for the surrounding region. Although Indonesia's transition to democracy holds out the promise of good governance, this cannot be taken for granted — as the recent military takeover in Thailand shows. This book is about the challenge of making democracy work in Asia's third-largest nation.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9789812304674
9783110649772
9783111024707
9783110663006
9783110606683
DOI:10.1355/9789812304674
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Ross H. McLeod, Andrew MacIntyre.