(Un) Civil Society and Political Change in Indonesia

<p><em>(Un) Civil Society and Political Change in Indonesia</em> provides critical analysis of Indonesia’s civil society and its impact on the country’s democratization efforts that does not only take the classical pro-democratic actors of civil society into account but also portrays uncivil groups and their growing influence on political processes.</p><p>Beittinger-Lee offers a revised categorization of civil society including a model to define the sphere of ‘uncivil society’ more closely and to identify several subcategories of uncivil society. This is the first book to portrays various uncivil groups in Indonesia ranging from vigilantes militias paramilitaries youth groups civil security task forces and militant Islamic (and other religious) groups ethnonationalist groups to terrorist organizations and groups belonging to organized crime. Moreover it provides the reader with an overview of Indonesia’s history its political developments after the democratic opening main improvements under the various presidents since Suharto’s fall constitutional amendments and key reforms in human rights legislation.</p><p>This book will be of interest to upper level undergraduates postgraduates and academics in political science and Southeast Asian studies.</p>