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Amil Zakat as the Citizen Political Participant with Religious Philantrophy Face Rayhan Aulia Prakoso; Muhammad Lukman Hakim; George Towar Ikbal Tawakkal
Journal of Local Government Issues (LOGOS) Vol. 5 No. 2 (2022): September
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22219/logos.v5i2.21307

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Indonesia’s not-totally-state-centered zakat management policy makes amil zakat in Indonesia have double-identity. It’s not only as an Islamic law formalization in state level, but also as a medium for non-parties citizens' political participation in civil level. By using literatures study, this research aims to analyze head-to-head between Amil Zakat Institute (Lembaga Amil Zakat/LAZ) YASA Malang and everyday-maker. This research also aims to enrich everyday-maker perspective, because in fact there are so many Muslim social institutions which have some similarity with everyday-maker, but with some differences in their motives and characteristic of program. Everyday-maker is a new typology of citizen political participation found by Bang and Sorensen at 1999, where citizens are fixing their daily problems theirselves, instead waiting for government to fix it. However, everyday-maker starts from Danish’s upset with their government works, meanwhile LAZ YASA Malang starts from the concept of Islamic philantrophy and spirit of building lowest-level Muslim’s socio-economics independency. This research, because of the difference of motive between LAZ and everyday-maker, successfully finds some novelty rather than the previous everyday-maker researches, like one-eighth amil’s portions as the source of amil zakat salaries and government involvement in the legality. Something else that differentiates LAZ and everyday-maker is a theological value that becomes the basic, where everyday-maker works done by LAZ is based on belief about Allah’s help and grace in the movement.
Democratizing Local Government with Political Parties: How do They Stand in Voters' Minds? Tawakkal, George Towar Ikbal; Rahman, Ahmad Zaki Fadlur; Seitz, Thomas R; Garner, Andrew D
Journal of Local Government Issues Vol. 8 No. 1 (2025): March
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22219/logos.v8i1.34318

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A fundamental question about local government that is rarely explored by scholars is, what do voters think about the local elections? Scholars construct clear concepts of elections, but do these concepts resonate with the thoughts of voters? The importance of elections for voters can vary and have diverse consequences on their perceptions of elections, but the issue is that voters in many countries face numerous types of elections in their country. This diversity can impact the degree of importance and their perspectives on voting, including the position of political parties in the minds of voters. For example, in Indonesia, voters engage in eight types of elections including two local elections for a local government. This article questions the degree of importance voters attach to the local elections and their consequences for the position of political parties. The article is based on survey data from two regencies in Central Java, Indonesia, during 2019 with 800 respondents, as well as in-depth interviews with over 20 voters during 2023. The results indicate that the position of parties is jeopardized by the lack of data aligning with the importance of local election for voters. It indicates that voters do not see parties as main entities on local government.