This article was first published in Majalah Tempo, June 30, 2013
William Liddle et al., Memperbaiki Mutu Demokrasi di Indonesia: Sebuah Perdebatan, Ihsan Ali-Fauzi & Samsu Rizal Panggabean (ed.) (Jakarta: Pusat Studi Agama dan Demokrasi [PUSAD], Yayasan Paramadina, 2012) ix + 171 pages.
This book gathers reflections from leading scholars on the quality of Indonesian democracy after more than a decade of reform. Drawing on Machiavelli, the authors discuss the institutional and cultural challenges hindering democratic consolidation.
The review article is only available in Bahasa Indonesia (ID).