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FROM SUBORDINATION TO ACCUMULATION: THE POST-REFORM TRAJECTORY OF POLRI'S ECONOMIC-POLITICAL CAPITAL IN INDONESIA Gabriela Adeline Thurana; Riaty Raffiudin
International Journal of Social Science, Educational, Economics, Agriculture Research and Technology (IJSET) Vol. 5 No. 8 (2026): JULY
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The 1998 Reform and the separation of the Indonesian National Police (Kepolisian Negara Republik Indonesia, Polri) from the Armed Forces of the Republic of Indonesia (Tentara Nasional Indonesia/Angkatan Bersenjata Republik Indonesia, TNI/ABRI) are widely understood as a milestone in Indonesia's democratic transition in the security sector. However, this article argues that this institutional separation constituted a critical juncture that paradoxically expanded rather than curtailed Polri's economic-political capital accumulation. Drawing on Chambers & Waitoolkiat's (2017) khaki capital framework and historical institutionalism, the article demonstrates that the institutional autonomy Polri gained was not matched by commensurate accountability mechanisms—transforming the institution from one that was structurally constrained under ABRI's military dominance into one that enjoyed far greater capacity to accumulate economic-political capital independently. This transformation operated through three mutually reinforcing mechanisms: institutional separation placing Polri directly under the President; intense TNI-Polri competition over khaki capital domains that evolved into a rent-sharing ecosystem; and regulatory asymmetry that left Polri without effective business prohibitions, while simultaneously leaving both internal and external oversight mechanisms—including the Inspectorate General (Inspektorat Pengawasan Umum, Itwasum) Polri and the National Police Commission (Komisi Kepolisian Nasional, Kompolnas) too weak to constrain informal economic accumulation.
POWER RELATIONS AND ACCESS TO NATURAL RESOURCES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ECOLOGICAL CONFLICTS IN NATIONAL STRATEGIC PROJECTS IN INDONESIA (ANDESITE MINE IN WADAS VILLAGE AND ECO-CITY IN REMPANG ISLAND 2017-2024) Muhammad Asdin Asri; Riaty Raffiudin
Multidiciplinary Output Research For Actual and International Issue (MORFAI) Vol. 6 No. 1 (2026): Multidiciplinary Output Research For Actual and International Issue
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This study analyzes ecological conflicts within the framework of the National Strategic Project (PSN) in Wadas Village (Central Java) and Rempang Island (Riau Islands) using the access theory developed by Jesse Ribot and Nancy Peluso (2003). This theory views access as the ability of actors to obtain benefits from natural resources through legal and non-legal mechanisms, such as power, capital, discourse, and social networks. This approach is used to understand the competition between the state, corporations, and local communities in controlling and utilizing natural resources in the context of national development. This study uses a qualitative research method with a comparative political studies approach. Data were obtained through a review of literature, policy documents, advocacy organization reports, and media coverage relevant to the conflict dynamics in both regions. The research findings show that the conflicts in Wadas and Rempang share structural similarities, both rooted in the development of National Strategic Projects that legitimize the expansion of access to natural resources by powerful state and private actors. Powerful actors utilize a combination of legal access, political authority, and development discourse to open up space for development and investment interests. Nevertheless, communities demonstrate collective resistance rooted in ecological, social, and cultural claims. The main differences lie in the nature of the resources and the mechanisms of exclusion. The Wadas conflict is prominent in its ecological-agrarian dimension due to andesite mining that threatens agricultural land and water sources, while the Rempang conflict is more focused on the economic-political and cultural dimensions resulting from the relocation of communities from coastal areas for industrialization projects. Thus, ecological conflicts in Indonesia are a manifestation of the politics of access, namely the struggle between actors for the ability to benefit from natural resources under the hegemony of national development.
Dominasi Oligarki dan Ketidakhadiran Partai Politik Hijau di Indonesia Luthfi Hasanal Bolqiah; Riaty Raffiudin
Nakhoda: Jurnal Ilmu Pemerintahan Vol 19 No 2 (2020)
Publisher : Laboratorium Jurusan Ilmu Pemerintahan FISIP Universitas Riau

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Contemporary, environmental destruction and its impacts in Indonesia still not adequate to transforms to the platform of a political party as it appears in other countries. Studies have used a liberal framework and prosecuting collective consciousness and civic participation to control environmental issues, not the urgency of green political representation. Furthermore, perspectives of constitusionalism and intitutionalism are too idealistic because inattentive to the individuals interests who are profit-oriented. Consequently, this article attempts to analyze the causes of environmental problems and the absence of formal representation of environmental discourse using oligarchy and political representation theory.  Using qualitative descriptive studies with interview methods and literature studies discovered: (1) green political discourse in Indonesia was scaterred all over the election promises by candidates or political parties, (2) the concentration of natural resources is a sustainable source of income for the oligarchs, (3) the absence of green political platform gave room to live and breathe for oligarch agenda, whereas (4) consolidation of green political platform hampered by internal such as the pros and cons of establishing a political party and external factors such as the party system and Engineering Electoral Systems.