A quarterly magazine on the peoples of Indonesia - cultures, politics, economy and environment https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-9710 2025-08-31T12:03:03+07:00 Inside Indonesia admin@insideindonesia.org Joomla! - Open Source Content Management 2009-07-03T22:30:00+07:00 2009-07-03T22:30:00+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-9710/election-politics EDWARD ASPINALL thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_97/editorial.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>This edition of Inside Indonesia examines the role of money, religion and much else in this year’s elections</h6>

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_97/editorial.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>This edition of Inside Indonesia examines the role of money, religion and much else in this year’s elections</h6> 2009-07-02T21:00:00+07:00 2009-07-02T21:00:00+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-9710/chaos-and-consolidation MARCUS MIETZNER thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_97/mietzner1.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>The April 2009 legislative polls exposed weaknesses in Indonesia’s electoral management, but the results will help to strengthen the democratic polity</h6>

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_97/mietzner1.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>The April 2009 legislative polls exposed weaknesses in Indonesia’s electoral management, but the results will help to strengthen the democratic polity</h6> 2009-07-01T21:00:00+07:00 2009-07-01T21:00:00+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-9710/the-eagle-has-crash-landed DIRK TOMSA thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_97/tomsa.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>Despite an unprecedented media campaign, Prabowo Subianto’s political comeback has fallen flat – for now</h6>

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_97/tomsa.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>Despite an unprecedented media campaign, Prabowo Subianto’s political comeback has fallen flat – for now</h6> 2009-06-30T21:00:00+07:00 2009-06-30T21:00:00+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-9710/down-but-not-out BERNHARD PLATZDASCH thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_97/danu_pks.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>Islamic political parties did not do well, but Islamic politics are going mainstream</h6>

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_97/danu_pks.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>Islamic political parties did not do well, but Islamic politics are going mainstream</h6> 2009-06-29T21:00:00+07:00 2009-06-29T21:00:00+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-9710/dominant-but-weak THOMAS B. PEPINSKY thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_97/pks.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>Signs of underlying fragility in nationalist parties may benefit Islamic parties in future elections</h6>

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_97/pks.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>Signs of underlying fragility in nationalist parties may benefit Islamic parties in future elections</h6> 2009-06-28T21:00:00+07:00 2009-06-28T21:00:00+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-9710/symbols-and-signs JEREMY MENCHIK thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_97/pks01.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>Photo-essay: PKS is often depicted as radical Islamist, but its members show evidence of ideological diversity</h6>

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_97/pks01.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>Photo-essay: PKS is often depicted as radical Islamist, but its members show evidence of ideological diversity</h6> 2009-06-27T21:00:00+07:00 2009-06-27T21:00:00+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-9710/seeking-representation DAVE McRAE thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_97/mcrae.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>Activists in Palu remain confined to the political margins</h6>

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_97/mcrae.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>Activists in Palu remain confined to the political margins</h6> 2009-06-26T21:00:00+07:00 2009-06-26T21:00:00+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-9710/feeling-cheated-acting-apathetic BENITA CHUDLEIGH thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_97/chudleigh02.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>Many Indonesian students face obstacles voting, but they aren’t much interested anyway</h6>

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_97/chudleigh02.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>Many Indonesian students face obstacles voting, but they aren’t much interested anyway</h6> 2009-06-25T21:00:00+07:00 2009-06-25T21:00:00+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-9710/suicide-and-progress-in-modern-nusantara MICHAEL BUEHLER thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_97/buehler.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>While it’s tragic that some candidates kill themselves after Indonesian elections, at least they aren’t killing each other</h6>

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_97/buehler.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>While it’s tragic that some candidates kill themselves after Indonesian elections, at least they aren’t killing each other</h6> 2009-06-24T21:00:00+07:00 2009-06-24T21:00:00+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-9710/not-just-an-elite-game Graeme MacRae and I Nyoman Darma Putra thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_97/macrae-darma2.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>In Bali, it’s neither policy, parties nor entrenched elites, but image-savvy politicians and an all-powerful media that are dominating the new electoral landscape</h6>

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/stories/edition_97/macrae-darma2.jpg" alt=""></p><h6>In Bali, it’s neither policy, parties nor entrenched elites, but image-savvy politicians and an all-powerful media that are dominating the new electoral landscape</h6>