Debating Indonesia’s<i>Reformasi</i>: Bridging “Parallel Universes”

Fukuoka, Yuki

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“…The same interpretative framework was subsequently applied to transitions from authoritarian rule in Sub‐Saharan Africa and a much smaller number of cases in Southeast Asia. For example, the transitions in the 1990s from apartheid in South Africa and from authoritarian rule under President Soeharto in Indonesia have been portrayed as negotiated transitions (Fukuoka, ; Guelke, ). Closer inspection of these cases reveals, however, a more complex and multilayered causation, where for example, economic crises and popular struggles for social justice and democracy produced conditions that shaped subsequent negotiations on political freedoms and democratic institutions (see,e.g., N. Alexander, ; Aspinall, ; Marais, ; Robison & Hadiz, ; Seekings, ).…”

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“…Post‐Soeharto Indonesia may serve as an illustrative case. Its mode of transition was marked by internal fragmentation of the authoritarian alliance related to overconcentration of economic and political power, culminating in regime change in a context of financial crisis and pro‐democracy mass mobilization in the late 1990s (Aspinall, ; Fukuoka, ; Robison & Hadiz, ). This particular mode of transition resulted in deconcentration of power through institutional arrangements for democracy, decentralization, and civilian control of the military (Aspinall & Mietzner, ).…”

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Democratization in the Global South: From democratic transitions to transformative democratic politics

Stokke

2018

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Democracy has attained a hegemonic position both as a normative ideal and as the dominant form of government, but there are growing concerns about democratic decline and crisis. The numerical growth of democracies has slowed down, and there have been some reversals from democratic to authoritarian rule in recent years. Nevertheless, the primary concern is about the substance of formal democracies, especially as recent democratic transitions have tended to produce depoliticized democracies and hybrid forms of rule rather than substantive democracy. This article uses the growth and decline of democracy as an occasion to review the current state of democracy in the world, discusses the links between the modality of democratic transition and problems of post‐transition democratic substance, and examines competing approaches to democratic deepening. A case is made for shifting the perspective on democratization, from democratic transitions to the open‐ended politics of substantial democratization. This means that the analytical approach should be broadened from elitist institutional design for electoral democracy to transformative democratic politics. The article presents this line of argument and provides brief illustrations based on recent transitions in the Global South.

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Democratization in the Global South: From democratic transitions to transformative democratic politics

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2018

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“…2 Indonesian punk articulated an alternative to consumption which had become a viable option for many Indonesian youth at that time. The end of the 1990s offered relatively more personal freedoms (Fukuoka 2014) which arguably resulted in more diverse musical expressions by young people. For example, in the case of DIY underground scenes, at the end of the New Order Era, many musicians and DIY scenesters played important roles in the anti-New Order Era protest movement, demanding social and political changes to achieve a more democratic country (Baulch 2002;Wallach 2008;Martin-Iverson 2012).…”

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Law, democracy and the fulfilment of socioeconomic rights: insights from Indonesia

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Diermen

2015

Third World Quarterly

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In recent years, a debate has emerged about the conditions under which justiciable legal frameworks facilitate the fulfilment of socio-economic rights. This debate has pit institutionalist perspectives that emphasise the progressive potential of democratisation against structuralist perspectives that emphasise the constraints imposed by relationships of power and interest. This paper considers this debate in light of Indonesia's recent experience. It suggests that we need to examine how institutional and structural factors interact within particular contexts to shape socio-economic rights fulfilment, not examine these factors in isolation. It also considers the strategic implications of this argument for rights proponents.

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Debating Indonesia’sReformasi: Bridging “Parallel Universes”

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Democratization in the Global South: From democratic transitions to transformative democratic politics

Democratization in the Global South: From democratic transitions to transformative democratic politics

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Law, democracy and the fulfilment of socioeconomic rights: insights from Indonesia

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