Elections and Politics in Indonesia / / Leo Suryadinata.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Suryadinata, Leo,
• MitwirkendeR: Suryadinata, Leo,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2002]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (296 p.)

This book provides insight into Indonesia’s system of government and elections. It focuses on the roles of the 1945 Constitution, the Pancasila, the DPR (Legislative Assembly) and the MPR (People’s Consultative Assembly) — and the ways they have functioned during elections since Independence. The development of democracy and the roles of Islam and the military through the presidencies of Sukarno, Soeharto, Habibie, Abdurrahman Wahid, and Megawati are examined. The book includes a most comprehensive and detailed listing of the results of the 1999 general election, considered Indonesia’s first free and democratic election for over thirty years.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- Glossary -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Ethnicity, Regionalism, and Religion -- Chapter 2. Pancasila versus Political Islam, 1955–97 -- Chapter 3. Exit Soeharto, Enter Habibie: Prelude to the 1999 Election -- Chapter 4. The Search for Legitimacy and Democracy -- Chapter 5. Old Rivalries, Blurred Identities -- Chapter 6. Democracy and Ethnic Chinese Politics -- Chapter 7. The MPR Elects a President -- Chapter 8. Challenges Facing Gus Dur -- Chapter 9. The Rise of Mega -- Chapter 10. Democracy, Indonesian Style? -- APPENDICES -- Index