Kuasa
Kuasa is an open access and a peer-review publication committed to the dissemination of rigorous research on the broad categories of social and political issue. Kuasa welcomes scholarly articles from experts, researchers and practitioners regarding various contemporary social and political issues both from various research results and academic studies. These contemporary political issues are include gender and politics, civil society and social movements, conflict, welfare and social development, geopolitics and security, democracy, digital politics, digital and social disruption, local politics, political ecology and other issues that relate to contemporary social and political issues. Kuasa publishes original articles with various methodological approaches and perspectives. Rigorous systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and theoretical analyses are also welcome
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<![CDATA[Application of E-Government in Preventing Illegal Levies in West Java Province ]]>
<![CDATA[Frans Setia Manonangan Nadeak]]>;
<![CDATA[Nabila Nabila]]>;
<![CDATA[Gaston Otto Malindir]]>;
<![CDATA[Sidrathata Muktar]]>
<![CDATA[ JURNAL KUASA Vol 1 No 1 (2024): April 2024 ]]>
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DOI: 10.22437/kuasa.v1i1.1
<![CDATA[The importance of implementing E-Government is to create a clean, transparent and accountable government in resolving various problems that occur in society, one of which is illegal levies. The phenomenon of illegal levies is not something new and often occurs in various regions in Indonesia, such as what happened in West Java Province. To resolve the problem of illegal levies, the West Java provincial government is optimizing the implementation of E-government through the Siberli application, which is an online extortion reporting service. This research uses a qualitative research method with a descriptive approach. The choice of this qualitative method was based on the consideration that the application of E-government in eradicating illegal levies in West Java is more appropriately answered with a qualitative descriptive approach. The data collection technique used is through literature study and field study. Meanwhile, the data analysis techniques used include data collection, data processing and drawing conclusions. The results of research in the field show that the implementation of E-government by the government in overcoming the problem of illegal levies in West Java Province is appropriate and relatively effective. This can be seen from data for the last 6 years which shows that the West Java Illegal Levy Saber Task Force has processed at least 60,000 perpetrators of illegal levies. The government's success in overcoming the problem of illegal levies in West Java cannot be separated from the implementation of E-government services, one of which is through the Siberli Application. To provide a deterrent effect to the perpetrators, as many as 42,000 perpetrators were dealt with through direct warnings by the Illegal Levies Saber Task Force, and the remaining 102 other perpetrators were carried out by arrest operations and processed in accordance with applicable legal provisions. Keywords: Electronic Government ∙ Illegal Levies ∙ West Java Province.]]>
<![CDATA[Analysis of Political Education Towards Elementary School Learning Process During The Covid-19 ]]>
<![CDATA[Rani Aprilia]]>;
<![CDATA[Mariatul Qibtiyah]]>;
<![CDATA[Kun Budianto]]>;
<![CDATA[Alva Beriansyah]]>
<![CDATA[ JURNAL KUASA Vol 1 No 1 (2024): April 2024 ]]>
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DOI: 10.22437/kuasa.v1i1.5
<![CDATA[This research discusses the analysis of political education towards elementary school learning during the covid-19 pandemic in Palembang City. This research focuses on the political policy of Palembang City education in maintaining education to keep continuing during the covid-19 pandemic. The theory used is the political theory of education by Paulo Freire which is associated with Sarnoto's political concept of education. This theory is used to analyze the political education in Palembang City against the political policy of education during the covid-19 pandemic. The type of research used is descriptive with a qualitative approach. During the covid-19 pandemic, the political role of education is very important in the Palembang City Government because education is the pillar of a country's future. The political role of government education can be seen from the policies made to provide direction. In doing, the education continued operating even in the critical period of education condition during the covid-19 pandemic]]>
<![CDATA[The Dilemma of Local Health Service Policy in the Era of National Health Insurance: A Political Perspective Analysis ]]>
<![CDATA[Veby Rilian]]>
<![CDATA[ JURNAL KUASA Vol 1 No 1 (2024): April 2024 ]]>
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DOI: 10.22437/kuasa.v1i1.6
<![CDATA[The strengthening of political priorities in terms of developing health policies for various parties needs to be carried out both for the doctor and for the recipients of health services. Various health policies are influenced by various things based on certain contextual factors. In the Minister of Health Number 59 of 2014, it is stated that the amount of capitation funds is for first-level dental health services in independent practices, but it is not stated how much the capitation rate is for dental health services at community health centers. This research uses quantitative descriptive methods. The calculation method used is the Activity-Based Costing (ABC) method. The results of this study show that the average unit cost of dental health services at the Community Health Center is IDR. 104714. The largest unit cost is the GIC patching action. By using the activity-based cost calculation method, it can be seen that the largest costs for dental health services at the Community Health Center come from employee costs. And this shows that the situation is not fair for various parties. This raises a dilemma that is important to be discussed. The capitation rates set by the government are considered inappropriate for dentists in first-level health facilities. This can cause a decrease in the quality of health services provided by dentists at community health centers.]]>
<![CDATA[Religion and Politics: The Effect of Religiosity Towards Political Behaviour on Female Moslem Adolescent ]]>
<![CDATA[Siti Asria]]>
<![CDATA[ JURNAL KUASA Vol 1 No 1 (2024): April 2024 ]]>
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DOI: 10.22437/kuasa.v1i1.7
<![CDATA[This study examines how religiosity influences the political behavior of adolescent females. Females usually tend to involve less than men in politics, especially when they are adolescents. However, this study shows a different phenomenon. This method of this research is quantitative, using simple linear regression analysis techniques to see the influence between two or more variables. The population in this study was 156 women students and the sample was 61 students. The sampling technique used in this research is a stratified random sampling technique, that is, the population does not have homogeneous characteristics because the characteristics are various. Data collection techniques in this research used a questionnaire with a Likert scale model. The scale instrument has 29 items and 32 valid items. This instrument has been tested for validity and reliability with a standard of 0.361 and the instrument reliability test uses Cronbach's alpha formula with a significance level of 0.05. Based on the research results, it was found that there is a significant influence of female adolescents on their political behavior and preferences, namely being in a good category with a percentage of 80.26%, which means that the majority of female adolescents have an interest in being involved in the political process, especially in politics that are played by religion of Islam. From this study, it can be concluded that the more religious female students are, the higher involvement they are in political participation.]]>
<![CDATA[The Significance of States with the Largest Defense Allocations (In Millions of US Dollars at Current Prices and Exchange Rates) to Corruption Issues ]]>
<![CDATA[Endro Tri Susdarwono]]>;
<![CDATA[Alma Wiranta]]>
<![CDATA[ JURNAL KUASA Vol 1 No 1 (2024): April 2024 ]]>
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DOI: 10.22437/kuasa.v1i1.8
<![CDATA[The defense sector will always be vulnerable to corruption, due to risks from high levels of secrecy, complex technical procurement, and exploitation of the hierarchical nature of the military. This study aims to provide a description of the significance of the country's largest defense allocation (in millions of US$ at current prices and exchange rates) to corruption. The approach used in this research is descriptive quantitative. The data used uses the country's CPI (Corruption Perception Index) issued by TII and the country's defense allocation issued by SIPRI. Data analysis used the method of testing the hypothesis through the khai-square distribution. This study concludes that the number of countries with CPI below the average of the 50 countries with the largest defense allocation (in millions of US$ at current prices and exchange rates) is not constant and therefore the cause is a significant factor. meaning that it can be interpreted that countries with large defense allocations tend to have a CPI below the average.]]>
<![CDATA[Political Interests, Policies and Its Influence To The Patient Satisfaction: A Case Study in Sungai Piring Health Centre, Indragiri Hilir, Riau ]]>
<![CDATA[Mohammad Suyanto]]>;
<![CDATA[Arga Christian Sitohang]]>
<![CDATA[ JURNAL KUASA Vol 1 No 2 (2024): October 2024 ]]>
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DOI: 10.22437/kuasa.v1i2.9
<![CDATA[Human resources, abbreviated as HR, are potential which are assets and function as non-material or non-financial capital in a business organization which can be transformed into real potential physically or non-physically to realize the success of an organization. One factor that can influence patient satisfaction when visiting a Community Health Center is the quality of service. Service quality is a form of comprehensive and long-term assessment attitude. This research uses comparative casual. The population in this study were patients at the Sungai Piring Riau Community Health Center who had been hospitalized. The population in this study is very large and unlimited (infinite) and the number is unknown to researchers. So the number of research samples was determined using the formula from lamesshow. The results of statistical tests show that service quality has a significant effect on patient satisfaction at the Sungai Piring Indragiri Hilir Community Health Center, Riau Province. Technical skills have a significant effect on patient satisfaction at the Sungai Piring Community Health Center. The results of statistical tests show that the work environment has a significant effect on Patient Satisfaction at the Sungai Piring Community Health Center. The findings in this research has relation to public service. Public service itself will be able to operate very well when there is political interest dan political will that support policy implementation that support service quality improvement in every institution. Political interest and political impetus should has experience a development due to modern era and it involves a spacial perspective.]]>
<![CDATA[Football, Tragedy and Social Solidarity Movement ]]>
<![CDATA[Shendy Marshanda Putri]]>
<![CDATA[ JURNAL KUASA Vol 1 No 2 (2024): October 2024 ]]>
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DOI: 10.22437/kuasa.v1i2.10
<![CDATA[This study discusses social solidarity movement in the case football tragedy in Kanjuruhan. Kanjuruhan tragedy occurred on October 1, 2022 in Malang City. It killed 219 spectators and triggered a social movement involving football supporters, human rights activists, and civil society organizations. The main issue raised in this research is how the social movement emerged after the tragedy can encourage stadium security reform and the accountability of the actors involved. This research uses a qualitative approach. The theory used is Charles Tilly's social movement theory that views social movements as organized collective actions with political or social goals. In addition, resource mobilization theory is also applied to understand how supporters groups organize themselves through social media and social movement. The findings show that the social movement after the Kanjuruhan Tragedy is able to build a strong solidarity between supporters groups that are usually divided due to rivalry. And, this movement succeeded in pressuring the government to create a collaborative independent fact-finding team (TGIPF). Despite the progress in raising public awareness and discussing football management reformed, the social movement faces any obstacles in enforcing transparent accountability and deep institutional reformation. These findings underscore the importance of collective action and resource mobilization in driving social change.]]>
<![CDATA[Political Opportunity, Media Framing and Resource Mobilization: A Study on Social Protest Against Indonesia Regional Election Law Revisions ]]>
<![CDATA[Fanda Amalia Putri]]>
<![CDATA[ JURNAL KUASA Vol 1 No 2 (2024): October 2024 ]]>
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DOI: 10.22437/kuasa.v1i2.11
<![CDATA[This article discusses social movement in the case of regional election law revision that held on 2024. This article use three main theoritical perspectives they are political opportunity structure, media framing, and resource mobilization. The background of the social movement began with public concerns about the House of Representative’s decision that contradicted with Constitutional Court's decision regarding the regional election law revision. This is considered to threaten the democracy principles. The House of Representative is considered to perpetuate certain political interests by ignoring the decision which is seen as final and binding. This study uses a qualitative method. Data were obtained through observation and media report. The analysis is carried out by comparing data from various sources to ensure the accuracy of the information. The results of the study show that the social movement conducted is success because it is conditioned by several key factors. In the theory of political opportunity structure, this movement received any supports from several political elites, especially from the Indonesia Democratic Party (PDIP), that rejected the issue of regional election law revision. In the perspective of media framing, this movement succeeded in mobilizing masses with narration of "Emergency Warning" and thashtag of #KawalPutusanMK. Both are massive on social media such as instagram and twitter. And, in the perspective of resource mobilization, social movement took place in many cities are effectively coordinated by student and civil society alliances that contributed to the success of this masive social movement.]]>
<![CDATA[The Inmate Assimilation Policy from a Political Perspective on National Security During the Covid 19 Pandemic ]]>
<![CDATA[Aditya Romadhon]]>;
<![CDATA[Arissy Jorgi Sutan]]>;
<![CDATA[Zakly Hanafi Ahmad]]>;
<![CDATA[M. Wira Anshori]]>
<![CDATA[ JURNAL KUASA Vol 1 No 2 (2024): October 2024 ]]>
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DOI: 10.22437/kuasa.v1i2.12
<![CDATA[The covid-19 pandemic has created a global crisis impacting various sectors, including national security. One of the Indonesian government’s responses to the pandemic was the inmate assimilation policy aimed at reducing the risk of virus transmission in overcrowded correctional facilities. This study employs a qualitative method with a literature review approach to analyze the inmate assimilation policy from a political perspective and its implications for national security. The findings indicate that the policy has significant implications for national security, raising concerns about increased crime rates within society. Key challenges in implementing this policy include economic crises, insufficient supervision, and social stigma against former inmates. Additionally, the policy highlights tensions between public health priorities and national security, where weak supervision can trigger social instability. Inadequate social reintegration further exacerbates the challenges faced by former inmates struggling to readjust. This study recommends the need for data-driven policy evaluations, enhanced inter-agency coordination, and strengthened social reintegration efforts to mitigate the policy's negative impact on social stability and national security in the future.]]>
<![CDATA[Discovering the Power of Spiritual Encounters to State of Social Wellbeing and Political Consciousness: A Phenomenological Study on Former Prisioner’s Experiences ]]>
<![CDATA[Mohammad Irfan]]>
<![CDATA[ JURNAL KUASA Vol 1 No 2 (2024): October 2024 ]]>
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DOI: 10.22437/kuasa.v1i2.15
<![CDATA[This study discusses the importance of spiritual encounter to state of social wellbeing and political consciousness. This study took a cases from former prisoners who previously lived with many kinds of deviant behavior in their live. The deviance behavior was trigger by many aspects such as family, environment, poverty and so on. The enlightment they experienced have significant effect to social wellbeing and political conciousness. This study importance in the context of new perspective about politics and social welfare of individual or society. This research uses a phenomenological method. Data collection through observation and indeepth-interviews. The subjects in this research is former prisoners who had experienced a conversion from the dimension of spirituality. The subjects reside in Kuningan, West Java and Kulonprogo, Yogyakarta. The results of this study showed that there are three fundamental aspects that accompany the formation of conversion of spirituality experienced by former prisoners. The three aspects are inner conflict, inquiry, and commitment. After experiencing these conditions, there is state of mental stability to fully convert spiritually to religious values, which is marked by religiously observant behavior and completely abandoning criminal acts that have become a habit. What is then necessary from this conversion is its effect to their live in the form of state of wellbeing and political conciousness. The effects change their live at whole. This study concludes that spiritual encounter has a deep meaning not only to life state of wellbeing a person or society but also to political conciousness.]]>
