Journal: Ten Years Reformasi

Electoral democracy has been established but the future of democracy in Indonesian will depend on the capacity of the state to guarantee the rule of law. Domocracy requires more state capacity through which the rule of law and citizenship can be strengthened. This cannot be achieved overnight, it will take decades to improve the quality of the state to strengthen Indonesian citizenship. Henk Schulte Nordholt Identity Polities, Citizenship and the Soft State in Indonesia: an essay