The Democratic Instinct in the 21st Century

Issue Date July 2010
Volume 21
Issue 3
Page Numbers 5-10
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Democratization is never easy, smooth, or linear, but as Indonesia’s experience in building a multiparty and multiethnic democracy shows, it can succeed even under difficult and initially unpromising conditions.

Further Reading

Volume 3, Issue 4

Indonesia’s Threefold Crisis

Volume 15, Issue 1

Indonesia’s Approaching Elections: Politics, Islam, and Public Opinion

In the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, a dense and pervasive network of moderate Muslim civil society organizations significantly reinforces political moderation and limiting the appeal of radical Islamism.

Volume 30, Issue 4

Southeast Asia’s Troubling Elections: Nondemocratic Pluralism in Indonesia

For the second straight time, voters rejected a presidential candidate with ties to undemocratic Islamist forces, but victorious incumbent Joko Widodo felt compelled to tone down his support for liberalism.