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Kennedy Muslim is an Associate Researcher and Analyst at the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) and Indikator Politik Indonesia who obtained his Bachelor’s degree from Ohio State University. He earned a Master’s degree at the Paramadina Graduate School of Political Communication, University of Paramadina. His primary research interest are Indonesian politics, media and technology, and international relations.
Populism, Islamism, and Democratic Decline in Indonesia
Within the academic literature on Indonesian politics, a consensus appears lately to have emerged that populism, Islamism, and democratic regression are the three fundamental, mutually reinforcing forces responsible for impeding Indonesia’s democratic consolidation since the fall of Suharto’s New Order regime in 1998. This article uses empirical polling data of the Indonesian electorate to interpret and clarify the debate surrounding the issue of populism and how it relates to Islamism and democratic regression.
