A Comparison of Democratic Consolidation in Indonesia and Turkey (original) (raw)
As an overwhelming majority of the countries are already procedural democracies, the focus of academic research has shifted from democratic transition to democratic consolidation. Turkey and Indonesia, despite their differences, share many characteristics and have been presented as model democracies for the Muslim-majority countries. This paper compares and contrasts the attempts to consolidate democracy in these countries. Specifically, it analyzes Indonesia and Turkey on the basis of some of the most important prerequisites of democratic consolidation such as regular elections and constitutional transfer of power; economic growth and development; absence of tutelary powers and reserve domains; ethnic harmony; elite consensus on a democratic role of religion; and horizontal accountability. Analysis shows that while Turkey has been more successful in eliminating military's tutelary powers and reserve domains, Indonesia has developed stronger horizontal accountability institutions. Both countries, however, still lack ethnic harmony and consensus on the role of Islam in the polity.
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