Fighting Illiberalism with Illiberalism
Islamist Populism and Democratic Deconsolidation in Indonesia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2849028 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marcus Mietzner (0000-0002-8086-0830, is associate professor in the Department of Political and Social Change, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, College of Asia and the Pacific, at the Australian National University in Canberra. He is the co-editor (with Edward Aspinall and Dirk Tomsa) of “The Yudhoyono Presidency: Indonesia’s Decade of Stability and Stagnation” (ISEAS, 2015)., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 91 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 261-282 |
| Publication date | 2018-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Pacific Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-851X • E-ISSN: 1715-3379 |
| Publisher | Pacific Affairs (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5509/2018912261 |
| OpenAlex | W2808482456 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 71 |
The global rise of populist campaigns against democratic governments has revived the long-standing scholarly debate on how democracies can best defend themselves against anti-democratic challenges. While some view an aggressive militant democracy approach as the most effective option, others propose accommodation of populist actors and voters. Others again suggest a merging of the two paradigms. This article analyzes how the government of Indonesian President Jokowi has responded to the unprecedented Islamist-populist mobilization in the capital Jakarta in late 2016. Unsystematically mixing elements of all available options, Jokowi’s administration pursued a criminalization strategy against populists that violated established legal norms, and launched vaguely targeted but patronage-oriented accommodation policies. As a result, the government’s attempt to protect the democratic status quo from populist attacks turned into a threat to democracy itself. Indonesian democracy, I argue, is now in a slow but perceptible process of deconsolidation
Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Populism · Sociology · Asian Studies and History · Indonesian Election Politics and Participation · Islamic Studies and Radicalism · Law
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Factors of Deconsolidation of the Liberal Democracy Regime. The Case of the United States of America
Tolerance Islam Theology of Education Hermeneutic Reading of Tariq Ramadan Thought
What is Populism? Who is the Populist
Religion and Social Movements in Indonesia
Challenges and problems in the recruitment of ad hoc workers of election management body at the local level
Goverment Control of Islamic Ideology Movement
Socially Mediated Populist Communication in Indonesia's 2018 Gubernatorial Elections
Southeast Asia's Troubling Elections
Kebangkitan Konservatisme Islam
The Political Dynamics of Islamophobia in Jokowi’s Era
Religious Pluralism Revisited
Explaining Religio-Political Tolerance Among Muslims
Explaining Indonesia’s Democratic Regression
Religion and Voting Behavior
Entrepreneurs of Grievance
Analyzing Indonesia’s Populist Electorate
Protecting Civil Rights Amidst Rising Illiberalism in Indonesia’s Democracy
The Phenomenon of Political Populism in Indonesia
Islamic Populism in Post-Truth Indonesia
Contestation of Contemporary Islam
Populist student organizations in Indonesia
The state and Human Rights under Joko Widodo’s Indonesia
On being a religiously tolerant Muslim
Gating streets, dividing votes
Fatwas and Democracy
Waria , Worship, and Welfare
TRaNS special section on “Growing Religious Intolerance in Indonesia”
Representing Chinese Indonesians
Defending a Vulnerable yet Resilient Democracy
Is anyone a middle power? The case for historicization
Islamic populism and religious minorities
The serious social impact on non-violent extremism in Indonesia, A'an Suryana and Nur Syafiqah Mohd Taufek, 2021, Singapore
Indonesia’s Fragmented Responses to International Pressure During the 2016–2017 Blasphemy Case
Liberalism in Indonesia
Sharia Cooperatives and Mosque Ecosystems
Rival populisms and the democratic crisis in Indonesia
Democratic “Fall,” China’s Rise, and the Limits of Illiberal Realignment in East Asia
Mode of Mass Mobilization in the Midst of Democratization
Getting our piece of the “national cake”
Populism in Southeast Asia
The Meaning of Democracy in Southeast Asia
Dynamic Tolerance
On being moderate and peaceful
Power relation of the 212 Islamic Group and the government in the 2019 presidential election
Populism after prohibition
Rematch
Beyond Radicalism
Threat by Association, Islamic Puritanism and Conspiracy Beliefs Explain A Religious Majority Group’s Collective Protest Against Religious Minority Groups
Right-Wing Populism and Vigilante Violence in Asia
Jokowi’s Authoritarian Turn and Indonesia’s Democratic Decline
Indonesia’s Democratic Paradox
My Country, Right or Wrong
Illiberal resistance to democratic backsliding
Authoritarian innovations in Indonesia
Repression, radicalization and delegitimation
Populism in the neoliberal matrix
Sources of resistance to democratic decline
Elites, masses, and democratic decline in Indonesia
Populists in power
Vigilante groups in Indonesia since the 2019 election
Blasphemy and Judicial Legitimacy in Indonesia
The political foundation of mainstream media trust in East and Southeast Asia
Political Mobilisation of Religious, Chauvinist, and Technocratic Populists in Indonesia and Their Activities in Cyberspace
The Return of Authoritarian Neo-Liberalism in Indonesia
Religious and Pro-Violence Populism in Indonesia
Civilizational Populism in Indonesia
Exploring Religions in Relation to Populism
Religion and Populism in the Global South
Third Time's the Charm
Towards a sociolinguistics of deglobalization
| Unique citing works | 71 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 8,88 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 54 |