Statehood and Disaster
In state building, which is not always similar to nation building, the achievement of the Indonesian state has been arguably left behind for decades, which makes it unworthy of being called a modern democracy.
Residents take a close look on Friday (15/1/2021) at the West Sulawesi Governor\'s Office that collapsed in the earthquake in Mamuju, West Sulawesi. Officials of the West Sulawesi office of the Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) are still assessing the number of casualties and damaged buildings as a result of the 6.2 magnitude earthquake.
In state building, which is not always similar to nation building, the achievement of the Indonesian state has been arguably left behind for decades, which makes it unworthy of being called a modern democracy.
Francis Fukuyama in Political Order and Political Decay (2014) describes the existence of a modern democracy as a country with a political order based on three key elements: impersonal political organization and government, rule of law and democratic accountability.