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Human Rights and Democracy in Indonesia and Malaysia: Emerging Contexts and Discourse
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Eldridge, PJ, Human Rights and Democracy in Indonesia and Malaysia: Emerging Contexts and Discourse, Contemporary Southeast Asia, 18, (3) pp. 298-319. ISSN 0129-797X (1996) [Refereed Article]
Abstract
Despite some convergence, differences are evident between state and non-state perspectives in Indonesia and Malaysia. Both governments perceive threats to national stability and social harmony from too rapid political liberalization. Counter-discourse in Indonesia can be divided into two broad streams. The first seeks to fuse liberal-democratic institutions with more open versions of Pancasila ideology; the second to link socio-economic with political transformation. Official responses combine repression with absorption of liberal democratic concepts into “integralist “ versions of Pancasila. Reform efforts in Malaysia centre on applying consistent “rule of law” principles to established “Westminster”-type democratic institutions. However, the non-state sector enjoys relatively limited space, while various internationally-oriented and Islamic agendas diffuse energies for domestic reform.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Human Society |
Research Group: | Political science |
Research Field: | Political science not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in human society |
UTAS Author: | Eldridge, PJ (Dr Philip Eldridge) |
ID Code: | 6799 |
Year Published: | 1996 |
Deposited By: | Government |
Deposited On: | 1996-08-01 |
Last Modified: | 2011-08-16 |
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