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Democratization in the Global South pp 254–276Cite as

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From Populism to Democratic Polity: Problems and Challenges in Solo, Indonesia

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Participation through civil society and decentralization has become the main theme within the current debates on democratization.1 The assumption is that participation and decentralization will strengthen democracy. The best Indonesian case in favour of this thesis is the municipality of Surakarta, also known as the city of Solo. Solo has become well known in the Indonesian debate because of its recent positive experience of popular participation. This includes efforts at participatory budgeting and planning in cooperation with political executives, various CSOs and social movements. Many development agencies and pundits refer to Solo’s experience in terms of ‘best practice’ of democratic local governance in Indonesia. Their analyses focus on the actors and claim that participation is a possible way of crafting stable democracy. In turn, they suggest that this participation is a result of decentralization which thus strengthens local democracy.

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  1. University of Oslo, Norway

    Kristian Stokke (Professor of Human Geography) & Olle Törnquist (Professor of Political Science and Development) (Professor of Human Geography) &  (Professor of Political Science and Development)

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Pratikno, Lay, C. (2013). From Populism to Democratic Polity: Problems and Challenges in Solo, Indonesia. In: Stokke, K., Törnquist, O. (eds) Democratization in the Global South. International Political Economy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230370043_12

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