Supervisor in Indonesia:

Indonesia, one of the most populous countries in the world, is undergoing a major transition to democracy. In the anti-government demonstrations that led to the fall of the authoritarian leadership of Suharto, many university students played an active and significant role. Whereas professionals with an academic background often have a strong influence over the political and societal affairs of a country, university students will probably influence the political de-velopment in Indonesia also in the future. Knowledge of how they view the idea of democ-racy is therefore very important if we want to understand Indonesia’s democratic develop-ment. This analysis builds on in-depth interviews with Indonesian university students. It is not statistically representative but gives a qualitative insight into how they view the issue of de-mocracy, both in general and with reference to their opinions about politics and society in Indonesia. The study also focuses on how they estimate the future of democracy in Indonesia and to what extent their views may be understood in the context of globalisation if democracy is viewed as an export commodity. The concept of democracy used in the study is Rober