Consensus and democracy in Indonesia : Musyawarah-Mufakat revisited


Autoria(s): Kawamura, Koichi
Data(s)

07/11/2011

07/11/2011

01/09/2011

Resumo

This paper analyzes customary practices of consensus decision making, called musyawarah-mufakat, as a basis of democratic stability in Indonesia. Musyawarah and mufakat (deliberation and consensus) are a traditional decision-making rule in Indonesia which has often been observed in village meetings. This paper argues that this traditional decision-making rule is still employed even in a modernized and democratized Indonesia, not only at rural assemblies but in the national parliament as well. Furthermore, this consensus way of decision making provides an institutional basis for democratic stability by giving every parliamentary player, whether big or small, an equal opportunity to express his/her interests. On the other hand, this system of musyawarah‐mufakat decreases political efficiency in the sense that it takes a long time to deliberate drafted laws in the parliament.

Identificador

IDE Discussion Paper. No. 308. 2011.9

http://hdl.handle.net/2344/1091

IDE Discussion Paper

308

Idioma(s)

en

eng

Publicador

Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO

日本貿易振興機構アジア経済研究所

Palavras-Chave #Indonesia #Internal politics #Democracy #Political culture #Legislature #312.24 #AHIO Indonesia インドネシア
Tipo

Working Paper

Technical Report