Political Culture

Political culture is an aspect of political reform that has not progressed significantly through Indonesia’s democratic transition.

Kompas/Heru Sri Kumoro

Azyurmardi Azra

Political culture is certainly an aspect of political reform that has not progressed significantly through Indonesia’s democratic transition and democracy in the past two decades. As a result, the post-Soeharto democracy is still marked by a fundamental weakness, which makes it a flawed democracy.

Some aspects of political culture that create order and meaning in the political process, such as behavior, trust and sentiment, are often mismatched with democracy. Political culture, which is also linked to assumptions and management that shape political behavior in a political system, is often not in keeping with democracy.