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Democratic Resilience: Public Evaluation on Democracy, Democratic Legitimacy, and Quality of Governance in Indonesia

Individual Paper

Individual Paper

11:30 am

08 July 2025

Forum 1 (Melbourne Connect)

Session 1: Democracy, Gender and Governance

One Conference streams

Politics & Law

Submission Description

Like many other democracies in the world, contemporary Indonesian democracy is characterized by backsliding or decline. However, on the other side, the Indonesian public shows a preference for democracy and continues to trust democratic institutions. Although Indonesia has been categorized as a flawed democracy by the Economist Intelligence Unit or as a partly free country by Freedom House during the last decade or so, its regime is still considered as electoral democracy, at least. Does this mean that Indonesian democracy is resilient in facing the phenomenon of democratic erosion, backsliding, or decline?  By utilizing the concept of democratic resilience and public evaluation on democracy during the last two decades, this paper argues that Indonesian democracy is still resilient. However, as the process of democratic decline continues, the risk of having democratic breakdown is getting higher.

Presenters

Presenters

Individual Paper Presenters

Dr. Djayadi Hanan - Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia (UIII)