By P. Carnegie
This booklet establishes stress exists among how we body democratisation and the conclusions we arrive at. It demonstrates how and why examining ambiguity issues within the examine of Indonesia's post-authoritarian payment and highlights the necessity for discussion with proponents of social clash theory.
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Notably, continuity from a previous regime—and the degree and kind of political institutionalization—may lead D e m o c r at i z at i o n a n d A m b i g u i t y 25 different polities to produce different responses to the same set of exigencies. Although links to preexisting structures are neither straightforward nor specific across cases, a temporal sequence of events and processes shapes the political arena and influences the kind of democracy established. One cannot simply assume that political elites will “choose” democracy as the most rational option.
It must become the institutional framework for regulating political life. e. politicians and citizens) that participate in democratic governance. D e m o c r at i z at i o n a n d A m b i g u i t y 31 According to Gunther et al. ” Common to all these definitions is the recognition that consolidation involves the passage of time as the new set of rules for the political game are constructed and institutionalized. Some scholars take a more critical stance by questioning the term “consolidation” and its implied definitional closure.
And it is through their efforts to bring about institutional reform that an organizational context exists with the potential to cultivate different behaviour and promote more representative and competitive politics. The establishment of an institutionalized democratic process, therefore, takes political decisions on, amongst other things, new constitutional arrangements, the rules of future political competition, and D e m o c r at i z at i o n a n d A m b i g u i t y 17 the dismantling of the structures of authoritarian rule.
