Cornelis Lay
Fakultas Fisipol Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta

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Otonomi Daerah dan Keindonesiaan Lay, Cornelis
Jurnal Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik Vol 5, No 2 (2001): Otonomi Lokal dan Keindonesiaan
Publisher : Fakultas Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik Universitas Gadjah Mada

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Hyper-centralisation which has been systematically institutionalized during Suhartos rule has been responded with various kind of discontent masked with abandonment of a concept of Indonesia as a unitary state. While the author highly supportive to decentralization policy, there are some dangers to encounter. This article shows the dangers.
The Bandung Spirit: Nation State and Democracy Lay, Cornelis
Journal of Indonesian Social Sciences and Humanities Vol. 6 No. 1 (2016): Journal of Indonesian Social Sciences and Humanities
Publisher : RMPI-BRIN

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This article aims to show the relevance of the Bandung Asia Africa Conference in 1955 to the current debate on democracy. It argues that the Bandung Asian-African Conference was the second massive but well coordinated democratic movement on a global scale. It has paved the way for the production of new political space globally as well as for individual nations -- space that is more democratic in nature, where people can claim and exercise their citizenship rights. Reflecting on Soekarno’s speech at the opening of the Asia Africa Conference, this article argues that there is an urgent need for a deeper involvement of political and social forces of the Global South to put themselves as the front liners in defining and making use of democracy, instead of leaving it to be dictated by Neo-liberal lines of thinking. This is so because Indonesian experience during the last 15 years or so has clearly demonstrated the very limits of liberal democracy. This article further argues the need to build a collaborative effort amongst scholars of the Southern Hemisphere to challenge the superiority of liberal ideas and practices of democracy.