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SUMMARY:The politics of Shari'a Law: Islamist activists and the state of d
 emocratizing Indonesia - Dr Michael Buehler\, School of Oriental and Afric
 an Studies
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CONTACT:Barbara Roe
DESCRIPTION:The Islamization of politics in Indonesia after 1998 presents 
 an underexplored puzzle: why has there been a rise in the number of shari
 ’a laws despite the electoral decline of Islamist parties? In his talk\,
  Michael Buehler presents an analysis of the conditions under which Islami
 st activists situated outside formal party politics may capture and exert 
 influence in Muslim-majority countries facing democratization. His analysi
 s shows that introducing competitive elections creates new pressures for e
 ntrenched elites to mobilize and structure the electorate\, thereby openin
 g up new opportunities for Islamist activists to influence politics.\nMich
 ael Buehler is a Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics in the Department
  of Politics and International Studies\, SOAS\, University of London. Spec
 ializing in Southeast Asian politics\, his teaching and research interests
  evolve around state-society relations under conditions of democratization
  and decentralization.Previously he taught at Columbia University and Nort
 hern Illinois University. He has also held research fellowships at the Cen
 ter for Equality Development and Globalization Studies at Northwestern Uni
 versity in Chicago\, the Weatherhead East Asian Institute in New York City
 \, and the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean St
 udies in Leiden. Michael Buehler has been an Associate Research Fellow at 
 the Asia Society in New York City since 2011.\n
LOCATION:Seminar Room SG1\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambri
 dge CB3 9DT
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