Marcus Mietzner
ISBN: 9812307885
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
2008 - Hardcover - 426 Seiten

From Turbulent Transition to Democratic Consolidation.
Presents an account of military's struggle to adapt to the fresh democratic system after the downfall of Suharto's authoritarian regime in 1998. This book emphasizes the importance of conflicts among civilians in determining the extent of military involvement in political affairs.

Contents:
Preliminary pages
INTRODUCTION; Militaries in Political Transitions: Theories and the Case of Indonesia
PART I: HISTORICAL LEGACIES, 1945-97
1. Doctrine and Power: Legacies of Indonesian Military Politics
2. Islam and the State: Legacies of Civilian Conflict
PART II: CRISIS AND REGIME CHANGE, 1997-98
3. Regime Change: Military Factionalism and Suharto's Fall
4. Divided Against Suharto: Muslim Groups and the 1998 Regime Change
PART III: THE POST-AUTHORITARIAN TRANSITION, 1998-2004
5. Adapting to Democracy: TNI in the Early Post-Authoritarian Polity
6. New Era, Old Divisions: Islamic Politics in the Early Post-Suharto Period
PART IV: DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION, 2004-08
7. Yudhoyono and the Declining Role of State Coercion
8. Stabilizing the Civilian Polity: Muslim Groups in Yudhoyono's Indonesia