Indonesian Women and Local Politics

Islam, Gender and Networks in Post-Suharto Indonesia

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ID6086288
AuthorsKurniawati Hastuti Dewi (0000-0003-2120-9674), Wendy Mee (0000-0002-6930-6900)
Year2016
Volume31
Issue1
Pages331-332
Publication date2016-03-31
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0217-9520 • E-ISSN: 1793-2858
PublisherISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute (PUBLISHER • SG)
DOI10.1355/sj31-1l
OpenAlexW628897715
LanguageEN
Citations received11

This book addresses factors behind the rise and victory of Javanese Muslim women political leaders in direct local elections in post-Suharto Indonesia. By using gender perspectives, this book reveals that the role of Islam, gender, and networks are decisive to their political victory. The Islamic belief on female leadership at the local level, exemplified by Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) as the dominant religious organization in Java, provides a strong religious foundation for Javanese Muslim women politicians to assume political leadership. Ability to use their gender in combination with the idea and practice of Islamic piety, and to use religio-political support and male/female base networks in political campaign, is significant. Analysis of the Javanese Muslim women political leaders' commitment on women's issues, however, reveals that having a female leader does not guarantee that they will exhibit women's perspectives in their policies

Geography · Indonesian · Islam · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Asian Studies and History · Gender and Women's Rights · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy

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