he creation of new civic spaces for addressing these conflicts in a relatively peaceful manner, well before they become violent, will be crucial not only for sustaining growth, but nurturing a new and more dynamic social compact on which such continued growth will ultimately rest .In the decade following the East Asian financial crisis Indonesia’s triple transition from autocracy to democracy, from corporatist to open economy, and from centralized to decentralized political administration - has been truly remarkable, not least because it has occurred with relatively minimal violent conflict. and it is at least plausible to argue that this is a result of development policies explicitly designed to work with and nurture Indonesia's civic organizations