CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2021
| Author | Pratomo, Abdurrachman Satrio |
|---|---|
| Title | Constitutionalizing the Family State Ideology in Southeast Asia: The Case of Indonesia and Singapore |
| Summary | This thesis wants to understand the influence of the family state concept on the constitution of two Southeast Asian nations, namely Singapore and Indonesia. By analogizing the relationship between the state and its people like the father to his children, the family state concept assumes that the government leaders are good persons who must be trusted and respected by its people. This makes the constitution of Indonesia and Singapore was created to give broad power to the ruler, rather than to limit it. This certainly contradicts the basic concept of liberal-democratic constitutionalism which emphasizes the role of the constitution as a document to limit government power and protect individual rights. The main reason why both countries incorporate the idea of the family state in their constitutions is related to the claims from the elite in Indonesia and Singapore that the family state concept has an indigenous root in their respective societies, while the liberal-democratic values were seen by these elites as an alien concept that contradicts the communitarian culture of their societies. However, this study found that the family state concept does not quite resemble both countries’ indigenous culture, instead this study showed that the adoption of the family state concept is strongly influenced by the interests of the dominant group in both countries to maintain their hegemony. |
| Supervisor | Thiruvengadam, Arun Kumar |
| Department | Legal Studies LLM |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2021/pratomo_abdurrachman.pdf |
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