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, illibe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bubandt, Nils
Corporate Author:	Ebook Library
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor and Francis, 2014.
Series:	Modern anthropology of South-East Asia.
Subjects:	Spiritualism > Political aspects > Indonesia. Parapsychology and anthropology > Indonesia. Political culture > Indonesia. Democracy > Indonesia. Corruption > Indonesia. Indonesia > Politics and government > 1998- Ethnology > Indonesia. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

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.