Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Radical Islam in Post-Suharto Indonesia
Abstract: Indonesia provides a fruitful case study of differences between radicalization processes in liberal and authoritarian regimes. Political Science hereby tends to emphasize regime type as the determinant of Islamist political strategy (radical, militant or moderate) and therefore as the main explanatory factor for radicalization processes. Although this is true of the role of Islamists in various Middle Eastern countries, where electoral participation has moderated political programs and strategies, it is of little relevance to Indonesia. The democratic opening in 1998 provided Islamists with new opportunities to participate in electoral politics, and even become co-opted by formally “secular” forces, but at the same time opened up spaces for militant, radical Islamist groups. Whereas radical Islam faced severe state repression under Suharto’s New Order, we now find a highly ambiguous relationship between the state and radical Islamists, expressed in operational terms as a para.... https://www.ijcv.org/index.php/ijcv/article/view/2928
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Radical Islam in Post-Suharto Indonesia ; volume:6 ; number:1 ; day:12 ; month:04 ; year:2012
International journal of conflict and violence ; 6, Heft 1 (12.04.2012)
- Creator
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Felix Heiduk
- DOI
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10.4119/ijcv-2928
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020062210492587924396
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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14.08.2025, 10:59 AM CEST
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