Democracy in the Indonesian Village Society

Village democracy in Indonesia strengthens the argumentation that developing democracy on the grassroots level is fundamental base to support democracy on the broader scale. Democratization has become the Indonesia's political mainstream even in the village society after the fall of Suharto regime. The existence of village parliament and accountability mechanism must be seen as the radical change of village political dynamic. And the role of democratic traditional institution should be appreciate as the people's way to support the ideas and practices the deliberative democracy.