Activists in Transition : : Progressive Politics in Democratic Indonesia / / ed. by Thushara Dibley, Michele Ford.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Anugrah, Iqra,; Aspinall, Edward,; Caraway, Teri,; Davies, Sharyn Graham,; Dibley, Thushara,; Fealy, Greg,; Ford, Michele,; Kramer, Elisabeth,; Rinaldo, Rachel,; Sastramidjaja, Yatun,; Wijaya, Hendri,; Wilson, Ian,
• HerausgeberIn: Dibley, Thushara,; Ford, Michele,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Terms -- Introduction : Social Movements and Democratization in Indonesia -- Chapter One. Student Movements and Indonesia's Democratic Transition -- Chapter Two. Democratization and Indonesia's Anticorruption Movement -- Chapter Three. Indonesia's Labor Movement and Democratization -- Chapter Four. Movements for Land Rights in Democratic Indonesia -- Chapter Five. Urban Poor Activism and Political Agency in Post- New Order Jakarta -- Chapter Six. Reformasi and the Decline of Liberal Islam -- Chapter Seven. The Women's Movement and Indonesia's Transition to Democracy -- Chapter Eight. The Unfulfilled Promise of Democracy : Lesbian and Gay Activism in Indonesia -- Chapter Nine. Democratization and Disability Activism in Indonesia -- Conclusion : Social Movements, Patronage Democracy, and Populist Backlash in Indonesia -- Contributors -- Index