The 2009 election campaign for legislative bodies provides many lessons for Indonesian. The phenomena occured in this occasion are the gradation of the parties role and the rise of pragmatism. This paper discusses factors behind those phenomena, in which the existence of the new regulation, internal condition of political parties and the quality of the member of political parties are believed t…
The 2009 election has resulted a map of political change of the election winner. The winner of the 2004 election was Golkar party. while in the 2009 election, the winner was Democrat party. The 2009 election became a "punishment" for old parties, like Golkar, PDIP and PPP since their votes were decreasing sharply compare to previous election.
Iran's 2009 presidential election became a big challenge for President Mahmud Ahmadinejad to preserve his power for a second term. The challenge were not only come from reformist groups, but also from conservative groups of whch his political affiliation belong.
For at least the last five year of the reform efforts in Indonesia there has been a loud clamor concerning the serious dearth of leadership precisely at the time when it is most needed - a grim fact that has indeed affected the morale of the nation.Indonesia has become a leadership country.
In contemporary reform era, political parties in Indonesia facing many problems. The public image of political party was not good due to their lack of capabilities to function well. This functional problem derived from the institutional problem of political parties. In this paper, there are three crucial institutional probelms that have to be solved by political party: 1) ideology and flatform …
During the tansition period, societal forces participated much in the formation of policy. This suggests that the real and significant role of societal forces and the strengthening of the political participaation o fthe people has become crucial in contemporary Indonesia.
The reform of the Indonesian Police Institution (POLRI) was one of the Indonesian "reformasi" demand that began in 1998. This aspect was the reason behaind the emergence of many policies related with efforts to reform Polri in structural, instrumental and cultural aspects. These efforts were part of internal reform of polri and admittedly, it showed that there has been significant changes in Po…
In the last ten years, Indonesia has been some principaal changes in international and domestic affairs. As a result, Indonesia foreign policy need to be harmonized with these canges for contemporary and future interests. Ideally, this harmonization need to be addressed in conceptual framework and foreign policy strategy which refers to national interests projection based on priority scale and …
In Indonesian national politics, the ulema (clerics) can be categorized in three groups. First, are those who percieved that religious and social life cannot be separated. There is no such separation in Islam. Therefore, they think that the involvement of ulema in a daily political matters is an obligation.
Although the concept of coalition is only prevalent in parliamentary democratic system, but multi-party presidential system scheme which is applied in Indonesia mecessitates the existence of coalition among its party. The presence of coalition is necessary to minimize the risk of political deadlock in relations between president and parliament on the one hand, and due to bulit effectiveness in …
Survey shows that Indonesian citizens are not satisfied with the performance of their parliament because the members of parliament do not do their fucntion optimally in legislating, controlling and budgeting.It creates a democratic deficit.
Though the use of narrative has become widespread through many disciplines, it has yet to establish a strong footing in public administration. The article first explains why narrative analysis has not been incorporated into mainstream public administration as the latter has become increasingly empirical, quantitative, and hypothesis driven. The article then outlines a number of key narratologic…