Politics

Pentecostalism and its expressive religiosity resonates with a new generation of Christians  

People in rural Papua are more interested in basic services than grand political struggles

Asylum seekers from the Middle East and troubled parts of Asia can languish for years in difficult circumstances in Indonesia

A national strike shows that workers are once again a significant force  

Indonesian television advertisements are constructing images of Indonesia by appropriating well-known nationalist themes

Jeffrey Winters’ Oligarchy is an epic work of comparative political insight but has little that is new to add to the study of Indonesia’s politics

Indonesia is Facebooking, Twittering and blogging, but what effect is this having on campaigns for social justice?

Indonesian politicians want to raise their public profile but don’t want the criticism

Bali rockers Navicula find a platform for social change in online social media

LGBT communities use social media to organise despite threats of violence

Social media tools are only effective if they can engage people off-line

Social media campaigns highlight the need for criminal law reform in Indonesia

A culture that suppresses conflict disguises decades-long tensions in Balinese communities

The challenges of governing ‘societal organisations’ pose difficult questions for Indonesian democracy

FPI thrives when mainstream Muslim groups remain silent

ASRIANA KEBON speaks to Indonesian underage minors who were returned to Indonesia following age determination hearings in Darwin

Celebrity gossip shows denigrate homosexuality, but at least they talk about it

Recent violence shows the authorities share a disturbing mindset about the residents of Papua

The United Development Party is determined to survive as a political force