选举援助与民主发展：美国的选举援助对印度尼西亚民主化进程的影响

在印尼民主化进程中,美国为其提供了各种形式的选举援助：支持有关选举的法律和制度建设,支持强化选举管理和选举监督机构的能力;开展和支持印尼的选民教育活动,以培养公民的民主意识;组织开展了选举监督活动,推动印尼重要选举的顺利进行;为印尼政党发展提供支持,促其成为真正民主的政党。美国的选举援助,有助于提高印尼选举的可靠性和可信度,提高以民主方式产生的政府的合法性和权威;有助于培育印尼民众和精英的民主精神和民主素养,提高民众对选举以及民主制度的信心;在很大程度上推动了印尼民主政治发展,有助于印尼实现民主的巩固。

Election Assistance and the Development of Democracy:U.S.Election Assistance and Its Impact on Indonesian Democratization

During the Indonesia＇s democratizing process,the U.S.provided various assistances to its major elections： financing or sustaining the creation and reformation of Indonesian laws and institutions concerning elections,help to improve the ability of election management and election monitoring;advancing voter education and developing the sense of citizenship;doing election monitoring to ensure that the major elections could be successfully taken;and financing and helping the development of democratic political parties.Evidences shows that the U.S.＇s election assistance has contributed much to enhance the credibility of Indonesian elections,which in turn increases the authority and legitimacy of the elected governments.The democratic spirit has been embedded in the minds of Indonesians,and the democratic institutions and doctrines have come into being.The American assistance to Indonesian elections has contributed much to its democratic consolidation.