Kritik atas Determinisme dalam Model Transisi Demokrasi

Abstract

 

Democratization has spilled over to many new transitional countries. Democratization is a model firstly stated by Rustow in 1970’s to distinguish it from democracy. The Model assumes that genesis and function of democracy is different. The model emphasizes dynamic role of strategic actors or elite to promote democratization through bargaining process. Since then, the model has been modified with some ad hoc argument taken from new evidences. Since the model only give emphasize to dynamic role of strategic actors, it has produce deterministic conclusion. The determinism of the model is caused by disregard of structural and non-political factor. If the model is deterministic, can the liberal democracy that taken as ideal purpose of democratic transition unbounded from determinism of the model? Is there another model of democracy that contains local aspect of many transition States?