英文摘要 |
The 2004 Indonesian presidential election is the first direct presidential election in Indonesia. Compared with Taiwan's first direct presidential election in 1996 and Singapore's first direct presidential election in 1993, Indonesia was late in holding direct presidential election for about ten years. Since Indonesian authoritarian regime collapsed and democratic system started to develop in 1998, Indonesia has maintained democracy for over 20 years, during which legislative elections and local elections were held for many times, and direct presidential election was also held for four times. However, the Indonesian government faces various challenges in the society such as religious influence, racial differentiation and different concepts of values. Therefore, Indonesia's ''democratic consolidation'' is still an issue worth discussing further. The study analyzes the establishment and development of Indonesia's democracy, Susilo's winning the first direct presidential election in 2004, and the recent presidential elections competed by Joko Widodo and Prabowo Subianto in 2014 and 2019. Meanwhile, the study explains that both economic and religious factors play important roles in the development of Indonesia's democracy by analyzing the changes of these two presidential candidates' policies and their alliances' characteristics demonstrated in the ''issue space model''. |