Accession Number:

ADA282900

Title:

Democracy in Indonesia

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis

Corporate Author:

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA

Personal Author(s):

• Kusmayati, Anne

Report Date:

1994-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

139.0

Abstract:

There is a wide-spread adherence to democracy as a form of government. Since the development of the concept, many countries have defined and practiced democracy after necessary modifications based on respective national interests and political culture. So did Indonesia after it gained independence from the Dutch colony. Soekamo was the first president of the country. He developed and practiced parliamentary democracy and later guided democracy as the system of government. The era of Soekamo came to an end after an attempted coup on September 30, 1965. In 1966, Soeharto came to power. He introduced pancasila democracy which was based on state ideology and its political culture, and which addressed national interests. Since its introduction, pancasila democracy has been the system of government for the last 27 years. This thesis examines the development of democracy, its variations over time, and lastly different forms of democracy practiced in Indonesia with special emphasis on the prospects of pancasila democracy

Descriptors:

• *GOVERNMENT(FOREIGN)
• *HISTORY
• *DEMOCRACY
• *INDONESIA
• DEVELOPING NATIONS
• MODIFICATION
• POWER
• POLITICAL REVOLUTION
• CULTURE
• THESES
• VARIATIONS
• FORMATS

Subject Categories:

• Government and Political Science
• Sociology and Law
• Humanities and History
• Geography

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE