Democracy and the Rule of Law in Indonesia by Stefanus Hendri... - 9781032932873

Democracy and the Rule of Law in IndonesiaA Legal Philosophical Analysis\nAuthor(s): Stefanus Hendrianto\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032932873, 978-1032932873\nSynopsis\nThis book explores democratic development in Indonesiathe world's third-largest democracy after India and the United States. Through case studies, it looks at two rival versions of democracythe republican form and the electoral formand posits that electoral democracy is not sustainable without republican institutions, laws, and norms. In recent years, there has been growing instability in Indonesian democracy, with brutal fighting among political forces and deep polarization. This book contends that what needs to be explained is not the democratic decline in Indonesia but rather the deviant form of democracy that the country has been practicing since the fall of the military dictatorship. It is argued that in the last twenty-five years, Indo.