Islam, Politics and Change

After violent protests all over the country had forced President Suharto to step down in 1998, Indonesia successfully made the transition from an authoritarian state to a democracy. In this book Indonesian scholars attached to Islamic universities and Dutch researchers investigate what happened sinc...

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Main Author: van Dijk, Kees
Other Authors: Kaptein, Nico J.G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden Leiden University Press 2016
Series:Debates on Islam and Society
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Collection: OAPEN - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:After violent protests all over the country had forced President Suharto to step down in 1998, Indonesia successfully made the transition from an authoritarian state to a democracy. In this book Indonesian scholars attached to Islamic universities and Dutch researchers investigate what happened since and what the consequences are of the growing influence of orthodoxy and radicalism, which already visible before 1998, only got stronger.

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Item Description:Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
Physical Description:352 p.
ISBN:9789087282387
9789400602311