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Successful transitions to enduring democracy are both difficult and rare. In __Scandal and Democracy__, 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. This 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, __Scandal and Democracy__ 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

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Author

Mary E. McCoy

Publisher

Southeast Asia Program Publications, an imprint of Cornell University Press

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781501731051

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Political Science, Government & Politics

Rating

5 / 5 (2 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14