Deliberative Democracy in Action: The Case of Musrenbang in Bandung, Indonesia

What is it about?

This is an analysis of Musrenbang, a regularized public deliberation mechanism as a democratic innovation to ensure inclusive involvement of citizens in city development planning, practiced in Indonesia. The argument is that the mechanism has the potential to be an ideal deliberative arena, although it still faces difficulties in dealing with other challenges that disrupt the deliberation process. The discussion on Musrenbang can further contribute to the deliberative democracy literature as a promising example of regularized official system for public deliberation.

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