MASA DEPAN CIVIL SOCIETY DI INDONESIA: PROSPEK DAN TANTANGAN

This paper aims to discuss on civil society, its prospects and challenges. It is urgent because civil society is a determining factor of Indonesia democratization. Civil society is a society within state which containing social association which has ability to fill public spaces between state and citizen, and interact independently with state, whether individual or collective. Prospect of civil society forming is determined by establishment of some components: 1) existence of societal autonomy, 2) access of public to state agencies, 3) independent public arena, 4) open public area. Prospect of civil society development is influenced by optimization of some factors: 1) establishment of democratic families, 2) growth of roles of non government organization toward both state and citizen, 3) increase of intellectual middle class, especially students, and 4) implementation of political education, formally (e.g. civic or citizenship education) and informally. The challenges of future of civil society are: 1) high of social fragmentation among people, 2) limited distribution of development results in field of economy, social, and education, and also 4) paternalistic culture which is still strong among society. Keyword: Civil Society, State, Prospect, Challeng