Democracy and Corruption in Indonesia (A Study of Corruption Cases in Reformation Era)

DOI

10.2991/icstcsd-19.2020.30How to use a DOI?

Keywords

corruption, democracy, education, political and social will

Abstract

Corruption in Indonesia is actually not a new phenomenon. Corruption has existed since the era of the old order, new order, even the colonial era. In the reformation era style democratic political system, corruption became apparent that open our eyes that it turns out, it has had a chronic illness. Theoretically, the political system can be linked with the phenomenon of corruption. Politics cannot be separated with power, corruption too. Therefore, how the system will affect the power management of the phenomenon of corruption. A democratic system can be a positive or negative effect on corruption cases. A number of corruption cases in Indonesia has been so massive. Various studies or surveys are always seats the corruption in Indonesia ranked high compared to other countries. Even now well recognized that corruption is considered a serious disease, it is an attempt to lead to corruption eradication increasingly considered important. The effort is characterized by the formation of a variety of laws and regulations, strengthening anti-corruption agencies and anti-corruption education, all of which is expected to eliminate or reduce this social disease. Prospects for a successful eradication of corruption depend on all components of the nation because without the participation of all is impossible corruption will disappear. Various fields and strategies must be done to sustain the program. Everything and even then, it should always be backed by a strong political and social will.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Muslihuddin
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