TY - BOOK ID - 551656 TI - Constitutional change and democracy in Indonesia PY - 2013 SN - 9781107027275 9781107641150 9781139225724 9781107341876 1107341876 1139225723 9781107345621 1107345626 1107027276 1107641152 1107236797 9781107236790 1107357748 9781107357747 1107254744 9781107254749 1107348129 9781107348127 1299318932 9781299318939 1107344379 9781107344372 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Public law. Constitutional law KW - Political systems KW - Indonesia KW - Democratization KW - Democracy KW - Constitutional history KW - Democratic consolidation KW - Democratic transition KW - Political science KW - New democracies KW - History. KW - Politics and government KW - Social Sciences KW - Political Science UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:551656 AB - How did democracy became entrenched in the world's largest Muslim-majority country? After the fall of its authoritarian regime in 1998, Indonesia pursued an unusual course of democratization. It was insider-dominated and gradualist and it involved free elections before a lengthy process of constitutional reform. At the end of the process, Indonesia's amended constitution was essentially a new and thoroughly democratic document. By proceeding as they did, the Indonesians averted the conflict that would have arisen between adherents of the old constitution and proponents of radical, immediate reform. Donald L. Horowitz documents the decisions that gave rise to this distinctive constitutional process. He then traces the effects of the new institutions on Indonesian politics and discusses their shortcomings and their achievements in steering Indonesia away from the dangers of polarization and violence. He also examines the Indonesian story in the context of comparative experience with constitutional design and intergroup conflict. ER -