{"product_id":"scandal-and-democracy-mary-e-mccoy-9781501731044","title":"Scandal and Democracy: Media Politics in Indonesia","description":"\u003cp\u003eSuccessful transitions to enduring democracy are both difficult and rare. In \u003ci\u003eScandal and Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e, Mary E. McCoy explores how newly democratizing nations can avoid reverting to authoritarian solutions in response to the daunting problems brought about by sudden change. The troubled transitions that have derailed democratization in nations worldwide make this problem a major concern for scholars and citizens alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis study of Indonesia's transition from authoritarian rule sheds light on the fragility not just of democratic transitions but of democracy itself and finds that democratization's durability depends, to a surprising extent, on the role of the media, particularly its airing of political scandal and intraelite conflict. More broadly, \u003ci\u003e Scandal and Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e examines how the media's use of new freedoms can help ward off a slide into pseudodemocracy or a return to authoritarian rule. As Indonesia marks the twentieth anniversary of its democratic revolution of 1998, it remains among the world's most resilient new democracies and one of the few successful democratic transitions in the Muslim world. McCoy explains the media's central role in this change and corroborates that finding with comparative cases from Mexico, Tunisia, and South Korea, offering counterintuitive insights that help make sense of the success and failure of recent transitions to democracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary E. McCoy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501731041\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501731044\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Southeast Asia Program Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.47d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mary E. McCoy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44149391098111,"sku":"9781501731044","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_947f618c-fca1-4fad-9cb0-4de60d62d0a6.jpg?v=1688456445","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/scandal-and-democracy-mary-e-mccoy-9781501731044","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}