The Dynamics of Politics Indonesia: Patrimonial Bureaucracy Model in Indonesia Period of Reform

M. Adian Firnas

2018

Abstract

This article discusses the political relations and bureaucracy in particular UU No. 34 of 2004 on the Principles of Local Governance which provides the direct election of regional heads. It uses a qualitative approach with secondary data sources.The reality occurs in the electionsareas, make the bureaucracy to be neutral. Political and bureaucratic rulers take advantage of each other for their own sake. This relation strengthens the literature on the development of bureaucracy in Indonesia,andit appears that patron-client relationship or patrimonialism is apparent.The bureaucratic cooptation on the rulers' political interests is inevitable because,in that relationship, there has been a mutually beneficial or symbiotic relationship of mutualism.. The term patrimonialism or patrimonial politics in Choi's study refers to the dominance of patron-client relations in the workings of political institutions rather than applying the principles of public interest and professionalism. In another study, Crouch also saw that the Indonesian bureaucracy still tends to be patrimonial, in which power is acquired and maintained by exchanging loyalty and support with material positions and interests.This pattern of relationships has the potential to ignore the principles of meritocracy.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Firnas M. (2018). The Dynamics of Politics Indonesia: Patrimonial Bureaucracy Model in Indonesia Period of Reform.In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI, ISBN 978-989-758-458-9, pages 1667-1674. DOI: 10.5220/0009933516671674

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icri18,
author={M. Adian Firnas},
title={The Dynamics of Politics Indonesia: Patrimonial Bureaucracy Model in Indonesia Period of Reform},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,},
year={2018},
pages={1667-1674},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009933516671674},
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 - The Dynamics of Politics Indonesia: Patrimonial Bureaucracy Model in Indonesia Period of Reform
SN - 978-989-758-458-9
AU - Firnas M.
PY - 2018
SP - 1667
EP - 1674
DO - 10.5220/0009933516671674