Indonesia in 2012: An electoral democracy in full spate

Two sides of the debate on Indonesia\u27s future turn on the tension between sustained economic growth fueled by demand for Indonesia\u27s natural resources and the highly skewed distribution of wealth. With the Indonesia boosters forecasting a vertiginous rise of Southeast Asia\u27s largest economy, the naysayers point to the deadweights of corruption, lack of transparency, and poor governance. With democratic electoralism revived in a post-authoritarian setting, such issues can no longer be swept under the carpet: they are matched by a relatively openmedia and burgeoning civil society