Cozy Relationship between Bureaucrats and Politicians in West Aceh Regent Election

Ikhsan, Vellayati Hajad

2018

Abstract

This research focuses on the relation between bureaucrats and politicians in West Aceh. The main goal of the study is to capture a comprehensive picture of the involvement of bureaucracy actors in Pilkada (regional head election). This research used a qualitative method. The data collections use through the in-depth interview and document analysis. Bureaucrats are required to be neutral in every election. However, the literature shows that the bureaucrats remain involved in political practices and have a cozy relationship with politicians. That is why the question comes up. Why are the bureaucrats still involved in politics even though it is not allowed by law? The results of this study are: (1) Direct election has been fertile ground for paternalism culture in bureaucracy; (2) Before and after the election, the strategic position in bureaucracy tend to be the gifts for the loyal person. It became the attraction for the bureaucrats to be the candidate supporters in the regent’s election. On the other hand, many people in strategic positions lost their positions due to political reasons.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Ikhsan. and Hajad V. (2018). Cozy Relationship between Bureaucrats and Politicians in West Aceh Regent Election.In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI, ISBN 978-989-758-458-9, pages 1496-1503. DOI: 10.5220/0009930714961503

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icri18,
author={Ikhsan and Vellayati Hajad},
title={Cozy Relationship between Bureaucrats and Politicians in West Aceh Regent Election},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,},
year={2018},
pages={1496-1503},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009930714961503},
isbn={978-989-758-458-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,
TI - Cozy Relationship between Bureaucrats and Politicians in West Aceh Regent Election
SN - 978-989-758-458-9
AU - Ikhsan.
AU - Hajad V.
PY - 2018
SP - 1496
EP - 1503
DO - 10.5220/0009930714961503