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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Bessell, Sharon,; Butt, Simon,; Duncan, Ron,; Ellis, Andrew,; Erawan, I Ketut Putra,; Hamilton-Hart, Natasha,; MacIntyre, Andrew,; McLeod, Ross H.,; Reilly, Benjamin,; Salim, Arskal,; Synnerstrom, Staffan,
• HerausgeberIn: H. McLeod, Ross,; MacIntyre, Andrew,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2007]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)

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...

Table of Contents

• 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