Introduction Research-based Democracy Promotion: Lessons from Indonesia

Olle Törnquist

doi:10.22146/pcd.25717

Introduction Research-based Democracy Promotion: Lessons from Indonesia

https://doi.org/10.22146/pcd.25717

Olle Törnquist^(1*)

(1) University of Oslo
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract

This article summarises and reflects a more extensive analysis about the experiences of attemps to develop and apply analytical tools to comprehend the transformation of Indonesian democracy over 15 years. Such attempts can be retrospectively classified into four phases: (1) conducted in the mid-1990s to the fall of Soeharto in May 1998 by focusing on the anti-Soeharto democracy actors; (2) participatory case studies of the post-Soeharto democracy movement; (3) the development of an alternative framework for national surveys of the problems and options of democratisation from below that began in 2003; (4) institutionalisation of the previous surveys and case studies of power and democracy. These prolonged experiences have opened up the possibilities for academics and practitioners to develop and apply an alternative framework for a less elitist and more inclusive model of democracy in Indonesia.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22146/pcd.25717