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Democracy, Corruption and the Politics of Spirits in Contemporary Indonesia
Indonesia has been an electoral democracy for more than a decade, and yet the political landscape of the world's third-largest democracy is as complex and enigmatic as ever. The country has achieved a successful transition to democracy and yet Indonesian democracy continues to be flawed, illiberal, and predatory. This book suggests that this and other paradoxes of democracy in Indonesia often assume occult forms in the Indonesian political imagination, and that the spirit-like character of democracy and corruption traverses into the national media and the political elite.
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations and acronyms; List of presidents of Indonesia; Introduction: politics with spirits; 1 The Kyai: spirits and corruption; 2 The Bloggers: spirits, embarrassment and the battle for Islam; 3 The Politician: sorcery and decentralization; 4 The Sultan: elections, ancestors and the law; 5 The Prophet: world renewal and the ghost of a president; Conclusion: democracy from a spirit point of view; Bibliography; Index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.