Democracy, Corruption and the Politics of Spirits in Contemporary Indonesia /

Indonesia has been an electoral democracy for more than a decade, and yet the political landscape of the world's third-largest democracy is as complex and enigmatic as ever. The country has achieved a successful transition to democracy and yet Indonesian democracy continues to be flawed, illibe...

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Main Author: Bubandt, Nils
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor and Francis, 2014.
Series:Modern anthropology of South-East Asia.
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