Indonesia, Islam, and the International Political Economy

Clash or Cooperation?

By:

Mark Williams

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Hardback

Series:

Routledge Studies on Islam and Muslims in Southeast Asia

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The Republic of Indonesia is a rising great power in the Asia-Pacific, set to become the eighth largest economy in the world in the coming decades. It is the most populous Muslim majority country in the world. The largest Islamic organizations and parties have supported Indonesia’s participation with global markets, but this has not come from an ideological support for capitalism or economic liberalization. Islamic political culture has denounced the injustices caused by global capitalism and its excesses. In fact, support for Indonesia’s engagement with the international political economy is born from political pragmatism, and from Indonesia’s struggles to achieve economic development. This book examines the role of Islamic identity in Indonesia’s foreign economic relations and in its engagement with the world order. There is no single expression of Islam in Indonesia, the politics espoused by Islamic parties and organizations are far from monolithic. Islamic sentiment has been invoked by the state to justify heinous acts of brutality, as well as by violent, subnational revolutionary groups. However, these expressions of Islam have deviated from the dominant narrative, which is in favour of international cooperation and economic development. Economic exploitation, political alienation, financial volatility, and aggression toward Muslims around the world that has caused some Islamic groups to radicalize. The political culture of Islam in Indonesia is a social force that is helping to foster a peaceful rise for Indonesia. However, a peaceful expression of Islam is not inevitable for the republic, nor can it be assumed that Islamic identity in Indonesia will unwaveringly support the global economic order, regardless of what might occur in global politics.

Author Biography:

Mark S. Williams is Professor of Political Studies at Vancouver Island University, Canada

Release date Australia

April 25th, 2017

Author

Mark Williams

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Undergraduate

Illustrations

27 Line drawings, black and white; 27 Illustrations, black and white

Pages

156

Series

Routledge Studies on Islam and Muslims in Southeast Asia

Dimensions

156x234x15

ISBN-13

9780415788878

Product ID

26147470

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