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Unitary V. Federalism: Constitutional Debates Concerning the Form of State in Indonesia’s Post-independence (1945–1950)?

Authors
Andy Omara1, *, Gunawan Tauda1
1Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: andy.omara@mail.ugm.ac.id
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Andy Omara
Available Online 24 December 2022.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-65-7_8How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Constitutional Debate; Indonesia; Federalism
Abstract

Generally, federalism is desirable in plural society while unitary state is preferable in a relatively homogenous society. However, in Indonesia unitary arrangement bind the diverse society, not federalism. Indonesia chose to adopt unitary state instead of a plural society. Through legal-historical analysis, this paper aims to understand the reasons why the framers of the constitutions choose to adopt unitary state instead of federalism. How did the framers of the constitutions formulate provisions on central-local government relations? What kind of unitary state adopted by Indonesia if the characteristics of its societies are so diverse? This paper is projected to fill the gap of the existing literatures by providing different explanation where unitary arrangement works well in diverse society like Indonesia.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Innovation on Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences (ICOSI-HESS 2022)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
24 December 2022
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10.2991/978-2-494069-65-7_8
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2352-5398
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10.2991/978-2-494069-65-7_8How to use a DOI?
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© 2022 The Author(s)
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