Indonesian Perspectives on Democracy

Authors

Firman Noor
National Research and Innovation Agency
Sri Nuryanti
National Research and Innovation Agency

Keywords:

Electoral democracy, Local Democracy, Democracy Regression, Women’s Representation, Democratic Governance, Indonesian Political Parties, Foreign Policy and Democracy, Indonesian Military, Online Activism, Civic Activism

Synopsis

This book discusses the extent to which Indonesia's trajectory to democracy has changed its direction toward democratic consolidation. In the case of democratic decline in Indonesia, there are numerous studies conducted in order to explain the challenges facing democratization. However, not many of them demonstrate the existing precursors and symptoms of democratic decline, which this book confronts. The authors unpack the problems that continue to hinder Indonesia's path to democratic consolidation and show that against this decline, Indonesia has experienced a new phase of its democratic life during, and in the immediate aftermath of, the COVID-19 pandemic, whereby the political ecosystem has seen a strengthening of the role of the state. This has, in fact, further complicated Indonesia's democratic transition. This book explains how these challenges impact Indonesia’s trajectory to democracy, drawing from three important approaches of democratic regime studies, encompassing actors, institutions, and norms. These aspects are elaborated upon in relation to various issues facing the country, thus capturing a sweeping picture of the political struggles preventing democratic growth. Relevant to researchers and students studying countries in democratic transition, but particularly the case of Indonesia, this is a novel contribution to understanding the country's developing political landscape. 

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Author Biographies

Firman Noor, National Research and Innovation Agency

Prof. Dr. Firman Noor, MA (Hons) is a senior researcher at Research Center for Politics, National Research and Innovation Agency. He was also Director of Research Center for Politics, Indonesia Institute of Sciences (P2P LIPI) (2017-2021) and the Chairman of the Association of Indonesia Political Sciences (AIPI) (2017-2022). His studies focus on political parties, election, democracy, and political representation. He is member and researcher in several NGOs and research institutions that concerned Indonesian politics. He is also a lecturer at the Department of Political Sciences, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Indonesia (FISIP UI). He graduated from Department of Political Sciences, FISIP UI for his BA. He then continued his study for master degree at Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University. He gained PhD in 2012 at School of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Exeter and joined Research Fellow program in University of Exeter (2016-2017) and Lund University (2023-2024). He has published four books Fragmentation and Cohesion of Islamic Parties in Indonesia: A Case Study of PKB and PKS in the First Decade of Reform Era, Transformasi Partai Keadilan Sejahtera (Transformation of Prosperous Justice Party), Demokrasi dan Oligarki (Democracy and Oligarchy) and Quo Vadis Demokrasi kita?

Sri Nuryanti, National Research and Innovation Agency
Dr. Sri Nuryanti was a senior researcher at the Center for Political Studies, the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI). She is a former Election Commissioner of the Indonesian General Election Commission (KPU RI) 2007-2012 whom which successfully conducting the Parliamentary election and Presidential Election 2009, as well as local elections 2007-2012. Currently, she is the Director of Regional Research and Innovation Policy, the Indonesian Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN). She is actively participating in various academic activities at national level as well as in international level. She used to be part of international observer to many elections such as in Sri Lanka, Australia, India, USA, South Korea, Sudan, Taiwan, Rusia and Japan. She is majoring at any political issues such as election’s studies, democracy, gender, minority issues, conflict and comparative politics. She used to receive scholarship/fellowship/grant of AUSAID, API (Asian Public Intellectual), JSPS (Japan Society for Promotions of Sciences), BABA (Building A Better Asia), Jenesys Program of Japan, API Salzburg Seminar, ISTIC grant, APPRA grant, IPRA grant and Fulbright Visiting Scholars Program. She currently serves as Secretary General of APPRA (Asia Pacific Peace Research Association) and     executive council member of IPRA (International Peace Research Association).

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