Between Disappointment and Hope
This book is about Indonesian democracy according to a number of experts. It contains an intellectual debate in the field of politics, one which has rarely been heard during the past decade.
Tempo
May 19, 2009
DEMOCRACY AND DISAPPOINTMENT
Author: Goenawan Mohamad, et al
Editors: Ihsan Ali-Fauzi and Samsu Rizal Panggabean
Publisher: Center for Studies on Religion and Democracy (Pusad), Paramadina Foundation, 2009
Pages: xvi + 100 pages
WHEN politics degrades to a mere routine competition used to acquire power by various means, then democracy becomes a untoward and undeniable fate. The caprices of corrupt House of Representatives members, politici
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