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Politics of Citizenship in Indonesia

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The Core of this book is that citizenship is produced and practiced through movements against injustice. These take teh shape of struggles by people at the grassroots level and middle classes and their representing organizations and activists- for cultural recognition, social and economic justice, and popular representation. Such popular struggles in Indonesia have largely ended up engaging with the state through both discursive and non-discursive processes. While the state is a common focal point, these struggles are fragmented across different sectors and subject positions. Developing chains of solidarity among fragments of struggles is highly important, yet attempts at bridging fragmentation leave much to be desired.
The character and fragmentation of popular struggles reflects the diversity of injustices and subject positions in society, but is also shaped by political dynamics. The struggle for citizenship and the historical development of democracy in Indonesia are closely interwoven. The inability to bridge fragmentation among citizenship struggles mimics pro-democracy movements lack of capacity in building broader alliances. Likewise, these movements tendency toward elitism and habit or penetrating the State also characterise current struggles for citizenship.
In this situation of multiple injustices, collectivities and mobilisations, it could be argued that democracies representation and politics is the foremost arena for integrating and transforming antagonistic relations and politics within fragmented popular struggles. However, this requires a democracy that not only has sovereign control over public affairs, but also contains robust channels and organizations for political representation. In Indonesia, it is found that formal democracy is underperforming in this respect. It is thus a foremost concern to transform democracy itself, also as a means for transforming structures of injustice in society. The development of tranformative agendas, organizations, and strategies remains a continued need and challenge for the realisation of citizenship in contemporary Indonesia.

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Ketersediaan

B02234	B-Politik PO ER		Tersedia
B02409	B-Politik PO ER		Tersedia

Informasi Detail

Judul Seri

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B-Politik PO ER

Penerbit

Jakarta : PolGov Fisipol UGM., 2017

Deskripsi Fisik

viii, 394 hLm.; 16 x 24 cm.

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

978-602-433-507-6

Klasifikasi

B-Politik

Tipe Isi

text

Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

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Edisi

First Edition: August 2017

Subjek

Buku Politik

Info Detail Spesifik

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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

Edited by Eric Hiariej and Kristian Stokke

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