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The end of political Islam? A comparative analysis of religious parties in the Muslim democracy of Indonesia

Why do some religious parties survive after adopting a moderate ideological outlook while others do not? The rise and fall of religious parties since the onset of democratic transition in Indonesia has set off an intriguing debate over the role and future of political Islam in electoral politics. This article seeks to explain the diverging – and unexpected – trajectories of the two most prominent religious parties, the National Awakening Party (PKB) and Justice Prosperous Party (PKS) through a close examination of the case of PKB. It emphasizes organizational qualities to advance two claims. First, the decline of the moderate PKB is the result of the permeation of personality-based clientelistic and ascriptive relations as well as lack of party institutionalization. Political survival of the puritanical Islamist PKS, on the other hand, is explained by organizational cohesion achieved through party institutionalization. Second, a disciplined party structure has allowed PKS elites to achieve controversial ideological adjustments. In short, a moderate centralist religious ideology or outlook alone is not sufficient to achieve political survival in the competitive environment of electoral and religious politics.

Weitere Titel
Das Ende des politischen Islam? Eine vergleichende Analyse religiöser Parteien in der islamischen Demokratie Indonesien
ISSN
1868-4882
Umfang
Seite(n): 133-159
Sprache
Englisch
Anmerkungen
Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

Erschienen in
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 30(3)

Thema
Politikwissenschaft
Soziologie, Anthropologie
Religionssoziologie
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Südostasien
religiöse Partei
Indonesien
Partei
Islam
Entwicklungsland
Parteipolitik
Religion
islamische Gesellschaft
deskriptive Studie

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Hamayotsu, Kikue
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wo)
Deutschland
(wann)
2011

URN
urn:nbn:de:gbv:18-4-4776
Letzte Aktualisierung
21.06.2024, 16:27 MESZ

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  • Zeitschriftenartikel

Beteiligte

  • Hamayotsu, Kikue

Entstanden

  • 2011

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