1PENDEKATAN EKONOMI DALAM POLITIK INTERNASIONALYuniarti1 ABSTRACT Economic issue had emerged in international politics since Industrial Revolution in Europe and United State of America in the 1880s. In this period the issue created conflict relations pattern amongs states for creating competitions to conquer economic resources which are located either within or outside their regions. Unfortunat…
This article attempts to map out the current situation of democracy in Indonesia, especially at local levels. This map is based on a simple question: the extent to which 10 years of the democratization process in Indonesia has led the country closer towards effective democratic governance. It concludes that an effective democratic government is far from being realized. Moreover, this article sh…
One of the most important promises of decentralization is to bring government closer to the people through improved public services and decision making. In contrast to this promise, the implementation of decentralization in Indonesia seems to create farther distance between government and the people resulting in the paradox of distance. This article argues that the paradox of distance in decent…
This article discusses the implementation of the decentralization particularly in the field of cultural and heritage preservation. Through the elaboration of the case of cultural and heritage preservation in the province of West Sumatra, Riau and Riau Islands, this article argues that the core problem is related to the political will and the availability of personnel. This paper suggests that i…
This paper aims to review the implementation of the reform of the licensing organization in an effort to improve the quality of public services in Dinas Perizinan of the Yogyakarta city. It focuses on three aspects, namely: formalization, centralization, and specialization. This paper revealed that the level of formalization in Dinas Perizinan is influenced by the dynamics of socio-economic con…
This paper argues that humanitarian action in the aftermath of disaster could be explained with the concept of disaster governance. Humanitarian action has been defined as any action to minimize human suffering wherever it is found without considering any state boundaries. Its goal is to make the affected person to be resilient in the aftermath of disaster. This paper elaborates the principle o…
Neoliberalism has create structurization process in post collonial states. The structurization is not only affecting the state souvereignty, but also shape norms and identity. By using the constructivist’s view of the "steering", this paper tries to elaborate patterns of disciplinary regime imposed by international development institutions toward post-colonial states. This paper assured that …