Hybrid Power-Sharing in Indonesia

• Authors: Trzciński Krzysztof
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this study is to demonstrate the validity of the thesis that in Indonesia one can find institutions that characterize two power-sharing models which are considered opposites of one another in political theory – centripetalism and consociationalism. In consequence, the Indonesian power-sharing system should be viewed as a hybrid, or mixed, system, and not a typically centripetal system as is usually the case in the literature. At the beginning of this article, a short analysis of Indonesia's political situation is given for the purpose of defining the factors which determined the introduction of inter-segmental power-sharing solutions in that country. This is followed by a description of the specificity of consociationalism and centripetalism. The article goes on to discuss specific institutions of both power-sharing models which exist in Indonesia and ends with some concluding remarks on the thesis advanced at the outset.

Keywords

EN

Indonesia; hybrid power-sharing; territorial power-sharing; power-sharing; centripetal; consociational

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Polish Political Science Yearbook
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 1 (46)
• Pages: 168–185

Dates

online

2017-06-01

Contributors

author

Trzciński Krzysztof

• Polish Academy of Sciences

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/ppsy2017111