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Constitutional change and democracy in Indonesia /
"This is the story of how democracy became entrenched in the world's largest Muslim-majority country"--
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge [England] ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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| Colección: | Problems of international politics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "This is the story of how democracy became entrenched in the world's largest Muslim-majority country"-- "After the fall of its authoritarian regime in 1998, Indonesia pursued an unusual course of democratization. It was insider-dominated and gradualist, and it involved free elections before a lengthy process of constitutional reform. At the end of the process, Indonesia, Ŵs amended constitution was essentially a new and thoroughly democratic document. By proceeding as they did, the Indonesians averted the conflict that would have arisen between adherents of the old constitution and proponents of radical, immediate reform. Gradual reform also made possible the adoption of institutions that preserved pluralism and pushed politics toward the center. The resulting democracy has a number of prominent flaws, largely attributable to the process chosen, but is a better outcome than the most likely alternatives. Donald L. Horowitz documents the decisions that gave rise to this distinctive constitutional process. He then traces the effects of the new institutions on Indonesian politics and discusses their shortcomings as well as their achievements in steering Indonesia away from the dangers of polarization and violence, all the while placing the Indonesian story in the context of comparative experience with constitutional design and intergroup conflict"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 326 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781107341876 1107341876 9781139225724 1139225723 9781107345621 1107345626 1107236797 9781107236790 1107357748 9781107357747 1107254744 9781107254749 1107348129 9781107348127 1299318932 9781299318939 1107344379 9781107344372 |