Indonesian politics in 2011

Democratic regression and Yudhoyono's regal incumbency

Bibliographic Data

ID8416675
AuthorsGreg Fealy (Australian National University, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume47
Issue3
Pages333-353
Publication date2011-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-4918 • E-ISSN: 1472-7234
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00074918.2011.619050
OpenAlexW2088341534
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited7

In 2011, a number of trends in Indonesian politics became clearer. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) has not become a more reformist and risk-taking president in his second term, contrary to the hopes of many, but has rather become more cautious, aloof and regal in style. He is irked by criticism and dislikes any disturbance to the authority of his rule. The political elite, often in concert with the SBY government, pushed through a range of democratically regressive measures, including allowing politicians to be appointed to the Elections Commission. The malaise within the party system deepened, with less than a quarter of the electorate professing any party affiliation. Most Islamic parties slid closer to the political periphery, and the largest one, PKS, was beset by controversy. Government and community responses to a brutal attack on the Ahmadiyah sect in early 2011 showed the limits of Indonesia's much lauded religious tolerance

Commission · Criticism · Democracy · Elite · Government (linguistics) · Indonesian · Islam · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Quarter (Canadian coin) · Sociology · Asian Studies and History · History · Indonesian Election Politics and Participation · Law · Public Administration · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies

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