POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE 21st CENTURY: Definitions, Functions, and Practices in Indonesia

We've been dreaming of this book for a long time as one of the important books. The presence of political parties in the earth’s archipelago and progress from time to time are seriously unique and very different from the development that occurred in the original hemisphere, the birth of democracy, namely Europe and the United States. Until now, I must honestly say that I firmly believe that a democracy that is currently being fought for its growth in Indonesia is not a democracy or seeds that have long existed in the archipelago. I believe that democracy is currently the state's political choice in Indonesia. It is a democracy that is embraced and grafted from the west to the earth's archipelago. Culture and traditional power in Indonesia are domination kingdoms, which until now are still very strong in the archipelago. Our tradition is not a democratic tradition, but a traditional kingdom. I will hold on to this until there is proof that it was truly the motherland of Indonesia, with history and traditional democracy as understood at the time.