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Democratization from Below: Protest Events and Regime Change in Indonesia 1997-1998
In 2015, Indonesia developed into the largest democratic country with the biggest Moslem population. Compared with all countries which majority population is Moslem, Indonesia is the most advanced one. Democratic index report from Economist Intelligent Index 2014 showed Indonesia is at rank 49. is is the highest rank compared with other countries with Majority Moslem population such as Turkey (rank 98), Malaysia (rank 65), Pakistan (rank 108) and Mali (rank 83).
Will Indonesia become the successful laboratory of Moslem population in applying democracy and become the model that will be the example for other Moslem countries? is is a very important as well as sexy research subject for the democratic study in the future.
In this research, I will touch one dimension only from that big picture, on the social origin causing the democratization of Indonesia. Moslem variable is not yet to be explored.
From the causes that ignite this democratic transition, Indonesia’s pattern can be one of the road maps for other Moslem countries to transform themselves from the present condition.
is book is my dissertation in achieving my Ph.D from Ohio State University, Columbus, United States of America in 2001. I deliberately present this dissertation in complete format as the record of events and theoretical debate developing at that time, which do not updated by the data and theory developed lately. is is the academic portrait in its era.
Jakarta, September 2015
Denny JA
Will Indonesia become the successful laboratory of Moslem population in applying democracy and become the model that will be the example for other Moslem countries? is is a very important as well as sexy research subject for the democratic study in the future.
In this research, I will touch one dimension only from that big picture, on the social origin causing the democratization of Indonesia. Moslem variable is not yet to be explored.
From the causes that ignite this democratic transition, Indonesia’s pattern can be one of the road maps for other Moslem countries to transform themselves from the present condition.
is book is my dissertation in achieving my Ph.D from Ohio State University, Columbus, United States of America in 2001. I deliberately present this dissertation in complete format as the record of events and theoretical debate developing at that time, which do not updated by the data and theory developed lately. is is the academic portrait in its era.
Jakarta, September 2015
Denny JA
182 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 1, 2006
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About the author
Denny J.A.
42 books2 followersDenny Januar Ali, known as Denny JA (born in Palembang, South Sumatra on 4 January 1963) is an intellectual entrepreneur and best-selling author. He holds records in the academic, political, social media, literature and cultural worlds in Indonesia.
Denny JA is awarded by TIME magazine in 2015 as one of 30 most influential people in the Internet. Included in the list are the US President Barack Obama, President of Argentine Christina Fernandez de Kirchner, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and some world celebrities such as Shakira, Taylor Swift, and Justin Bieber. The recognition is regarding his role in utilizing social media in shaping public opinion and polls in Indonesia's 2014 presidential election.
In late July 2015, Denny JA's book Fang Yin's Handkerchief (English and German edition) become the no. 1 best-seller in Amazon.com kindle book poetry, enjoying the same position as the books written by legendary poets such as William Shakespeare, Rumi, Khalil Gibran, and Edgar Allan Poe.
In 2014, he was awarded by Twitter Inc. as The World No 2 Golden Tweet 2014, and the No 1 in Indonesia. He was also awarded by MURI as the first and the only political consultant in the world helping and winning presidential election three times in a row. In his case, the presidential elections he was involved were in Indonesia in 2004, 2009, and 2014. In the same year, he was chosen as one of 33 the most influential literature figures in Indonesian history by a team of eight (a team of prominent poets, critics and academicians). Denny JA is also known as a social activist promoting and campaigning non-discrimination movement and funding this movement by his own money after he is successful as a businessman.
Denny JA is awarded by TIME magazine in 2015 as one of 30 most influential people in the Internet. Included in the list are the US President Barack Obama, President of Argentine Christina Fernandez de Kirchner, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and some world celebrities such as Shakira, Taylor Swift, and Justin Bieber. The recognition is regarding his role in utilizing social media in shaping public opinion and polls in Indonesia's 2014 presidential election.
In late July 2015, Denny JA's book Fang Yin's Handkerchief (English and German edition) become the no. 1 best-seller in Amazon.com kindle book poetry, enjoying the same position as the books written by legendary poets such as William Shakespeare, Rumi, Khalil Gibran, and Edgar Allan Poe.
In 2014, he was awarded by Twitter Inc. as The World No 2 Golden Tweet 2014, and the No 1 in Indonesia. He was also awarded by MURI as the first and the only political consultant in the world helping and winning presidential election three times in a row. In his case, the presidential elections he was involved were in Indonesia in 2004, 2009, and 2014. In the same year, he was chosen as one of 33 the most influential literature figures in Indonesian history by a team of eight (a team of prominent poets, critics and academicians). Denny JA is also known as a social activist promoting and campaigning non-discrimination movement and funding this movement by his own money after he is successful as a businessman.
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