THE MISSING LINK BETWEEN NATIONAL DEMOCRACY WITH LOCAL DEMOCRACY IN LOCAL POLITICS AND DECENTRALIZATION POLICY IN INDONESIA
Tamrin
Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social and Political Science, University of Andalas, Padang, Indonesia
tamrin@fisip.unand.ac.id
Abstract
Form of democratic politics in the industrial society based on deregulation, privatization, reduction of social benefits tend not support the deepening of democracy, participation, responsiveness, state intervention in other, more creative and effective as a form of political consciousness required the design of the government can increase the level of community participation, so that loyalty to traditional elites could turn into a rational formulation of government policy through empowering notion of participation (empowered participatory governance). If there is democracy at the national level can be no democracy at the local level, democracy does not necessarily guarantee the national level of local democracy. Unlike the case of India and China to force structural reforms in the system and local participation that has done little on the micro level compared with the style reforms in India. So in the case of Indonesia's political elite as a liaison role with local democracy with national democracy is limited by government policies in the allocation of village funds (ADD), which involves the participation of both communities in the formulation, implementation and evaluation of development policies are implemented. Each district governments in Indonesia has its own characteristics, the uniqueness of this village have to adjust to the shape of the determination of community leaders conducted directly through procedural democracy. The difference between the uniqueness of the village in Indonesia can be seen from the form of deliberative democracy is to elect a leader indirectly, but the decision-making process is done directly. Instead of procedural democracy emphasize the selection of leaders directly, but decision-making is done indirectly Form procedural democracy in accordance with the principles of liberal democracy, such as free competition, political parties, and parliament Using qualitative research methods, the following article describes the policy of decentralization of government Indonesia adjust to the dynamics of local politics through the implementation of Law No. 6/2014 on local government in West Sumatra province can reduce the missing link between the application of procedural democracy at the national level with deliberative democracy at the local level in Indonesia
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