Democracy robust in Indonesia

Updated October 20, 2009 13:22:38

Indonesians have embraced democracy with enthusiasm, at a time when other emerging democracies are either going backwards or suffering a crisis of governance.

Of the dozen or so nations to become democratic in the past thirty years, seven suffered breakdowns, including the Philippines, Thailand and Pakistan.

Presenter: Karon Snowdon

Speaker: Rizal Sukma Director of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Jakarta; Hana Satriyo, Director for Gender and Women's Participation at the Asia Foundation; Dr Katherine McGregor historian from Melbourne University

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