Clan Masdar in Local Political Contestation (Social-Political Capital Role in Political Marketing)

Local elite competition occurs in many regions in Indonesia. One of them was in West Sulawesi, which was issued by three clans, the Manggranian Clan, the Mengga Clan, and the Masdar Clan. At present, the competition between the Mengga Clan and the Masdar Clan continues. Several political contestations in West Sulawesi have followed by-elections, both governor and regent elections. In the 2012 gubernatorial election, the Masdar Clan was defeated by Aladin S. Mengga (the Mengga Clan) and in the 2017 gubernatorial election, the Masdar Clan could win his victory. This article discusses the role of the Masdar clan socio-political capital in political marketing strategies using qualitative research methods, this study shows the socio-political capital used by the Masdar Clan is related effectively in political marketing activities. Social capital consists of bureaucracy, public trust and characterization carried out in activities through marketing. Political capital in the form of political party support/coalition, representative pairs, political experience, and successful team support is carried out in push marketing and pull marketing activities. Overall, socio-political capital is capital that is superior to the Masdar Clan. However, if examined closely, then social capital "figure" is the most decisive, the capital can make another capital

LITERASI POLITIK PADA WILAYAH EKS DAERAH TERTINGGAL INDONESIA: STUDI KASUS KABUPATEN POLEWALI MANDAR

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis bagaimana peran Pemerintah Kabupaten Polewali Mandar dalam hal ini Badan Kesatuan Bangsa dan Politik dalam menyelenggarakan literasi politik berdasarkan model instruksi penyampaian informasi yang digagas oleh Vishal D. Bapte. Penulis menggunakan pendekatan induktif dengan teknik pengumpulan data Observasi, Wawancara, dan Dokumentasi dengan melibatkan 8 (delapan) informan yang dipilih secara purposive. Temuan penelitian bahwa program kegiatan literasi politik yang telah dilaksanakan pada tahun 2019 memiliki keterbatasan jangkauan serta frekuensi. Kegiatan literasi politik memiliki feedback yang tidak terlihat (intangible) dan tidak dapat dirasakan secara langsung oleh masyarakat, oleh karenanya belum menjadi perioritas khususnya pada wilayah eks daerah tertinggal mengingat APBD lebih difokuskan kepada pembangunan infrastruktur dan ekonomi masyarakat. Media sosial sebagai tools penyampaian informasi secara asynchronous yang seharusnya dapat berjalan efektif dan efisien juga belum dapat dimaksimalkan untuk meningkatkat literasi politik masyarakat. Pembinaan politik melalui instruksi secara langsung juga belum memberikan pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap perilaku masyarakat, mengingat tingkat kepedulian politik masyarakat masih rendah. Berdasarkan temuan tersebut penulis menyimpulkan bahwa penyelenggaraan literasi politik oleh Badan Kesatuan Bangsa dan Politik Kabupaten Polewali Mandar sebagai wilayah eks daerah tertinggal belum berjalan secara maksimal, karena baik dari indikator penyampaian informasi secara synchronous maupun asynchronous keduanya kurang berjalan dengan baik. Kata kunci: Peran Badan Kesatuan Bangsa dan Politik; Literasi Politik; Pendidikan Politik; Eks Daerah Tertinggal IndonesiaThis study aims to analyze the role of the National Unity and Politics Agency of Polewali Mandar Regency in implementing political literacy based on the information delivery instruction model initiated by Vishal D. Bapte. The authors uses an inductive approach with data collection techniques of observation, interview, and documentation by involving 8 (eight) informants, who were selected purposively. The research findings show that the political literacy activity program that implemented in 2019 has limited regional reach and frequency. It has intagible feedback and felt indirectly for the community, therefore the APBD’s more focused on infrastructure development and the community's economy. Social media as a tools for delivering information has not been used. Political guidance through direct instruction also has insignificant influence, because the low level of public political awareness. Based on these findings, the authors conclude that the role of the Political and Unity Agency of Polewali Mandar Regency in implementing political literacy running not optimally, because the indicators of synchronous and asynchronous information delivery are not good. Keywords: The Role of National Unity and Political Agency; Political Literacy; Political Education; ex-Underdeveloped Regions of Indonesi

The transfer and mobilisation of sustainability concepts to Abu Dhabi: the case of Masdar and the Urban Planning Council

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Moving Targets: Meanings of Mobility in Metropolitan Nairobi

This dissertation is an ethnographic and historical study of the urban transportation system in Nairobi, Kenya and the large youth workforce who operate it. Currently, the informal mini-bus taxi system made up of vehicles called matatus, carries nearly 80% of the urban population in Nairobi on a daily basis. It is, by far, the most popular form of transportation in the country and employs the largest number of young people, as well. This type of transportation is not unique to African countries as mini-bus: 14-32 passengers) and midi-bus: 32-48 passengers) taxis are common in Turkey, Jamaica, Philippines, Russia and Chile and Indonesia. The emergence of this particular mode of transportation often develops from gaps left by the state that are filled by private enterprise or informal entities, the epitome of late capitalism. In Kenya, the vehicles that filled the gap left by the inept colonial infrastructure acted as more than just modes of transportation, they became crucial spaces of exchange, interaction, production and consumption that seemed to perpetually exist just out of the reach of the state. The ability to stay on the edges of state control was an important part of providing mobility for people in a colonial city, underneath an inefficient monopoly system of passenger transport. Throughout the past fifty years, informal transport operators have developed a particular set of skills and strategies to enable them to slip between the fingers of, who were first the agents of the colonial bus company and later, the traffic police, city council askaris: soldiers or guards), gang members and hijackers that populate Nairobi\u27s streets. This skill set includes a complex constellation of practices honed in Nairobi\u27s unique urban environment, practices that are simultaneously esteemed and condemned by the very population that depends on them

Identity In The Wake Of The State: Local, National, And Supranational Dynamics Of The Syrian Conflict

While much of the civil war literature considers the impact religious or ethnic identities have on the character or duration of conflict, scholars have failed to address why different identities become salient in territories outside the state’s control. Using subnational case studies from the Syrian conflict, I claim that we must consider the interests and character of those actors who strive to attain authority and build governing institutions in the absence of the state. I find that civilian actors are more likely to promote local identities, such as clan, tribal, or city-based identities. Armed groups, however, are more likely to choose more abstract or space-based identities, such as ethnic or national identities. The three cases vary in terms of the involvement of civilian and armed actors in institution building. The first case study analyzes an area where civilians played the primary role as institution builders, the second case study describes two areas in which armed groups served as the primary institution builders, and the third case covers an area in which civilian and armed actors controlled different aspects of public life. External actors can also play a supporting role in the development of institutions by local actors or a negative role by destroying groups’ capacity for institution building. The project leverages the availability of materials created by local authorities and disseminated over social media to evaluate identity promotion in dangerous areas. It also uses photos and videos of protests to evaluate the effectiveness of local identity promotion efforts in shifting the salience of civilians’ identities. This work joins an ongoing conversation on the character and effects of rebel governance as well as debates on the relationship between local dynamics and national/international cleavages in times of civil conflict. It also adds to a growing literature on Syria by illustrating the variation of local institution building and identity promotion and by problematizing the emergence of particular cleavages

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Routledge Handbook of Civil and Uncivil Society in Southeast Asia

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