Democratization in Post-Suharto Indonesia

Civic Engagement and Democracy in Post-Suharto Indonesia: A Review of Musrenbang, the Kecamatan Development Programme, and Labour Organising

“…Instead, research on democracy in Indonesia has focused on the workings of formal democratic institutions, specifically on elections and electoral mobilisation at the national and local levels, the role of political elites, state institutions, political parties, and civil society. For instance, research on democratic institutions has highlighted the structural and institutional limitations of core state institutions (Hedman, 2005, pp.31-150;Mietzner, 2007;Bünte & Ufen, 2009;Tomsa, 2009). The literature on local politics and decentralisation reforms 6 has demonstrated the complexities of power, politics, and business in local level politics.…”

Political contestation, resource control and conservation in an era of decentralisation at Indonesia's Kerinci Seblat National Park

“…These laws were later revised, but the effect of each of them has been augmented by later regulations that allow for the direct election of executives at almost all levels of government, from the president down to heads of villages . This has led to fierce political competition at the district and provincial levels as candidates attempt to form coalitions to appeal to the greatest number of voters possible (Aspinall, ; Bunte and Ufen, ; Erb and Sulistiyanto, ) . In the sections below, I describe the direct and indirect effects of this political contestation on KSNP.…”

Constitutional Politics in Southeast Asia: From Contestation to Constitutionalism?

“…59 As a result, constitutionalism and democracy have deepened in Indonesia, though the military has still not been held accountable for human rights violations in West Papua. 60 In a number of other states in the region, however, the military has taken on a distinct political role that has prevented constitutionalism from truly taking root. The Myanmar military has only recently started to allow discussions on constitutional amendments that might eventually reduce its own political role.…”