Gendered citizens in the new Indonesian democracy
This article was written prior to Megawati's rise to the presidency. It was primarily a polemical response to the widespread reporting in Indonesian media of the Islamic rejection of the prospect of a woman president. The polemical ground has shifted, but the questions raised are abiding ones:...
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Association for the Publication of Indonesian and Malaysian Studies Inc.
2002
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| author | Sen, Krishna |
| author_facet | Sen, Krishna |
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| description | This article was written prior to Megawati's rise to the presidency. It was primarily a polemical response to the widespread reporting in Indonesian media of the Islamic rejection of the prospect of a woman president. The polemical ground has shifted, but the questions raised are abiding ones: does the establishment of electoral democracy change the gendered relations of power in Indonesia? Will democracy give women a greater political say than they had under Suharto's military dominated authoritarian regime? |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-458902017-01-30T15:23:59Z Gendered citizens in the new Indonesian democracy Sen, Krishna gender women democracy This article was written prior to Megawati's rise to the presidency. It was primarily a polemical response to the widespread reporting in Indonesian media of the Islamic rejection of the prospect of a woman president. The polemical ground has shifted, but the questions raised are abiding ones: does the establishment of electoral democracy change the gendered relations of power in Indonesia? Will democracy give women a greater political say than they had under Suharto's military dominated authoritarian regime? 2002 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45890 Association for the Publication of Indonesian and Malaysian Studies Inc. fulltext |
| spellingShingle | gender women democracy Sen, Krishna Gendered citizens in the new Indonesian democracy |
| title | Gendered citizens in the new Indonesian democracy |
| title_full | Gendered citizens in the new Indonesian democracy |
| title_fullStr | Gendered citizens in the new Indonesian democracy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gendered citizens in the new Indonesian democracy |
| title_short | Gendered citizens in the new Indonesian democracy |
| title_sort | gendered citizens in the new indonesian democracy |
| topic | gender women democracy |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45890 |