Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. An uneasy correlation: (un)civil society and democracy 3. Historical and political framework for civil society formation in Indonesia 4. Walking a tightrope: civil society under Suharto 5. Between reform and regression: post-Suharto state and politics 6. A contested arena: civil society in post-Suharto Indonesia 7. The rise of uncivil society 8. Summary and Conclusion: (un)civil society and the future of democracy in Indonesia

About the Author

Verena Beittinger-Lee obtained her phd from the Department of Southeast Asian Studies at the Alexander von Humboldt University in Berlin in 2007 and now works at a law firm in New York.