Indonesian politics in 2010

The perils of stagnation

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8416619
AutoresDirk Tomsa (0000-0001-6373-3154, La Trobe University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2010
Volumen46
Número3
Páginas309-328
Fecha de publicación2010-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0007-4918 • E-ISSN: 1472-7234
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00074918.2010.522501
OpenAlexW1990185415
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas17
Referencias citadas22

In the first year after President Yudhoyono's re-election, Indonesian politics continued to evolve in largely familiar patterns. Contrary to the expectations of some observers, Yudhoyono's strong popular mandate and his Democratic Party's newly won parliamentary plurality did not result in significant changes to the president's cautious style of governing or the fickle nature of president–parliament relations. Most political parties also opted for continuity over change, electing or re-electing established figures as leaders despite high levels of public dissatisfaction with their performance. The fact that the 2009 election failed to generate any new momentum for reform does not augur well for the remainder of Yudhoyono's second term. Although the basic parameters of Indonesia's democracy remain intact, political developments during 2010 have also confirmed a pattern of stagnation that is likely to see Indonesia barely muddle through as a reasonably stable yet low-quality democracy

Democracy · General election · Indonesian · Mandate · Parliament · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Asian Studies and History · Indonesian Election Politics and Participation · Law · Public Administration · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies