Michael Poole.
Is Islam compatible with democratization in the context of Asian cultures? To address this important issue, a series of books have been published in the English language from 1990s (and especially from 2000s). Most of these books deal with the relationship between Islam, Muslims, and democratization with a sub-region in Asia: South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Central Asia. While others deal with …
this paper highlights democracy in the history of the constitution of the Republic of Indonesia. In the history of the nation, from independence to now, there are three kinds of democracy that once applied in the constitutional life of Indonesia, namely the liberal democracy, the guided democracy, and the Pancasila democracy. The liberal democracy leads to a failure of the Constituent establish…
This article discusses about democracy in Pakistan by Benazir Bhutto. The realization of democracy in Pakistan, according to Benazir Bhutto, is to reach all the democratic elements of the Pakistani nations, the business communities, to release all of the political prisoners, to make the print and electronic media free, to open and uncensored, to remove the ban on sororities and labor, to separa…
This article describes about the Islamic political development in Indonesia after its independence to the guided democracy. In the early days of its independence, there was a debate among Islamists and nationalists in formulating legislation until they agreed upon the first principle “Belief in one God”. At the time of parliamentary democracy, many Islamic organizations established a politi…
[Semakin menguatnya dukungan terhadap partai Islam memicu kecurigaan public, yang mempertanyakan apakah partisipasi kalangan islamis delam demokrasi procedural menjamin komitmen mereka bagi tegaknya demokrasi substansial, demokrasi yang menyatakan kesetaraan bagi semua orang tanpa terkecuali. Sebenarnya , agenda politik gender yang didengungkan oleh kalangan islamis tidak bias dilepaskan dari p…
Generally, the conceptual framework of social studies in United States and in Indonesia includes concept and praxiz of education in democracy which are organised in a form of 1)civic/citizenship education as one of the dimensions of goals, content, and processes of social studies; and 2)social studies education. Basically, education in democracy can also be deemed as a subsystem of social studi…
Generally, the conceptual framework of social studies in United States and in Indonesia includes concept and praxiz of education in democracy which are organised in a form of 1)civic/citizenship education as one of the dimensions of goals, content, and processes of social studies; and 2)social studies education. Basically, education in democracy can also be deemed as a subsystem of social studi…