00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000003007 20200508202119 200508||||||||| | ||| |||| ||ind|| 979-351 010-0520003007 ind 351 351/KIN/e Blair Andrew King Empowering the presidency:Interest and perceptions in indonesia's constitutional reforms, 1992-2002 (Dissertation) State University The New American Library 2004 xi, 252 hlm.; 27 cm 27 cm The choice political institutions is a critical aspect of a democratic transition. Significant amandements to the 1945 constitution have transformed it into a more democratic framework with extensive separation of powers and cheks and balances. Despite the introduction of the”difficult combination” of purepresidentialism and multipartism to Indonesia, consensual patterns of elite behavior should contribute to the further consolidation of democracy. This study examines the impact of the first for amandements on executive-legislativ relations and presidential power. The use of the 1945 constitution by two authoritarian regimes for four decades gave rise to the perception that it inevitably created a dominant presidency. presiden, kepala negara