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The politics of Shari'a law : Islamist activists and the state in democratizing Indonesia /
"The Islamization of politics in Indonesia after 1998 presents an underexplored puzzle: Why has there been a rise in the number of shari'a laws despite the electoral decline of Islamist parties? Michael Buehler presents an analysis of the conditions under which Islamist activists situated...
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- Machine generated contents note: List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. How state elites mediate the influence of Islamist activists in Indonesia; 2. Islamist activism, the state and shari'a policymaking between 1945 and 1998; 3. State elites and institutional change; 4. The accumulation and exercise of power in local politics after 1998; 5. Islamist parties after 1998: mobilization without influence; 6. The mobilization and lobbying efforts of Islamist movements after 1998; 7. Providing political resources in exchange for the adoption of shari'a regulations; 8. Conclusion: summary of findings and avenues for future research; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Bibliography; Index.