Scandal and democracy : media politics in Indonesia / Mary E. McCoy.

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"Focuses on the under-theorized role of the media to explain why some democratic transitions succeed and others founder and why some lead to consolidation while others either fail outright or settle into a state of pseudo-democracy that often masks an atavistic authoritarianism"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McCoy, Mary E., 1968- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Southeast Asia Program Publications, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Mass media > Political aspects > Indonesia.
Press and politics > Indonesia.
Press > Indonesia > Influence.
Democratization > Indonesia.
Political corruption > Indonesia.
Indonesia > Politics and government > 1998-
Democratization.
Mass media > Political aspects.
Political corruption.
Politics and government.
Press and politics.
Press > Influence.
Indonesia.
Since 1998
Physical Description:x, 208 pages ; 27 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction : understanding democratic consolidation
  • The origins and evolution of media controls
  • Delegitimating authoritarianism
  • Suharto's fall
  • Reformasi and legal reform
  • Media retreat in the 1999 parliamentary elections
  • Baligate and the politics of scandal
  • Scandal and democratic consolidation
  • Media and civil society.