Indonesia’s (inter)national role as a Muslim democracy model: effectiveness and conflict between the conception and prescription roles

Indonesia has developed an internal model of reconciling the values of dem- ocracy and Islam; therefore it could pursue international activities for bringing the West and the Islamic world together. However, Indonesia’s international role as a bridge-builder between democratic values and Islam has l...

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Main Author: Grzywacz, Anna (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2020
In: The Pacific review
Year: 2020, Volume: 33, Issue: 5, Pages: 728-756
Further subjects:B International policy
B Islam
B Democracy
B Model
B Cultural contact
B Indonesia
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Summary:Indonesia has developed an internal model of reconciling the values of dem- ocracy and Islam; therefore it could pursue international activities for bringing the West and the Islamic world together. However, Indonesia’s international role as a bridge-builder between democratic values and Islam has limited effectiveness. In this paper the attempt is to investigate why Indonesia’s inter- national activity as a bridge-builder between the West and the Muslim world is ineffective? The analysis shows, and this is the argument, that its limited effectiveness results from a conflict between the country’s conception and prescription roles. The assumptions are that Indonesia’s underlying objective in its foreign policy is to provide a tool for reconciling the West and the Muslim world (role conception); however an enactment of this role is affected by a dissonance between the authors of this role. The paper examines three empirical case studies at different levels of Indonesia’s external engagement: (1) civilizational and interfaith dialogues at the international level; (2) the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and Developing-8 at the inter-regional level; and (3) the Bali Democracy Forum at the regional level. (Pac Rev/GIGA)
ISSN:1470-1332
Contains:Enthalten in: The Pacific review
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/09512748.2019.158538