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RELAWAN POLITIK DALAM SIRKULASI ELITE POLITIK DI INDONESIA PASCA-ORDE BARU Riswan, Cleorisa Cheguevara; Setia Budi, Rahardian Putra; Salim, Kamaruddin
Jurnal GeoCivic Vol 7, No 1 (2024): EDISI APRIL
Publisher : Universitas Khairun

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33387/geocivic.v7i1.8188

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The focus of this research is related to political volunteers in the circulation of post-Orba political elites. Political volunteers are individuals who have institutionalized themselves in interest groups who play as an active role in political activities, both independently and in an organized manner. The involvement of political volunteers in the circulation of power elites in Indonesia marked the change from New Order politics to the Reform Order. As Vilfredo Pareto said, the circulation of elites in power is the process of replacing political leadership in a country or government. The results of this research portray that political volunteers have developed into important actors in political contestation and are able to influence the course of Indonesian political dynamics. Those factors of involving political volunteers include social change, advances in information technology, and shifts in political culture. The strength of political volunteers as a shadow party actually has several important points, first, having a flexible and broad social network. Second, become an influencer who is able to determine and control young and independent people. Third, groups are free to determine political attitudes. Fourth, political volunteers become a balancing group for the power of the bureaucracy and political parties. Fifth, the volunteer group comes from a generation that is literate in information technology, which then becomes the basis of their power in politics.
IDENTITY INSTRUMENTALIZATION AND PANCASILA DEMOCRACY IN ACEH, WEST KALIMANTAN, NORTH MALUKU Razuni, Ganjar; Setia Budi, Rahardian Putra
Sosiohumaniora Vol 28, No 2 (2026): Sosiohumaniora: Jurnal Ilmu-Ilmu Sosial dan Humaniora, JULY 2026
Publisher : Universitas Padjadjaran

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24198/sosiohumaniora.v28i2.69794

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This article examines how identity was instrumentalized in local democratization through regional head elections in Aceh, West Kalimantan, and North Maluku during the 2017/2018 and 2024 electoral cycles, and how this process affected the substantive practice of Pancasila Democracy at the local level. Rather than treating identity politics itself as inherently polarizing, the article distinguishes between identity as a social fact, identity mobilization as the activation of group boundaries, and identity instrumentalization as the strategic use of ethnic, religious, and regional markers by political actors for electoral advantage. Using a qualitative comparative multiple-case design, the study analyzes institutional documents, election-related media archives, and peer-reviewed literature through qualitative content analysis and thematic comparison. The findings show three different patterns. In Aceh, Islamic identity and conflict memory were consolidated through local parties, former combatant networks, and clerical authority. In West Kalimantan, ethno-religious polarization in 2018 shifted toward cross-ethnic compromise in 2024, although primordial voting blocs remained politically relevant. In North Maluku, identity was mobilized situationally: elite resistance to a minority candidacy intensified religious appeals, yet many voters supported a more pluralist electoral outcome. The article argues that the instrumentalization of identity, rather than identity politics per se, weakens deliberation, inclusion, and civic equality, thereby reducing Pancasila to a normative symbol rather than an operational ethic of local democracy.