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Year: 2018 | Month: April | Volume: 5 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 40-46

Local Bossism in Decentralization Era: Study Political Power and Local Bossism in Bangkalan, Madura, Indonesia

Susi Dian Rahayu, Neneng Sobibatu Rohmah

Student of Master Political Science, Universities Indonesia

Corresponding Author: Susi Dian Rahayu

ABSTRACT

The succession of the regime from the New Order to the reform era has become an important history for Indonesia, especially in relation to the central and regional governments that had previously been centralized to decentralization. However, the decentralization system is also alleged to give birth to local strongmen and local bossism. Fuad Amin through power and network in Bangkalan is considered as a local strongmen and local bossism. How Fuad Amin in hegemonizing power and really Fuad Amin is one form of local bossism or local strongmen in Indonesia is the question of this study. This research uses qualitative method using local strongmen by Migdal and local bossism by John T. Sidel. The results of this research are Fuad Amin using his strong power and local bossism, Fuad Amin is a representative of local strongmen and local bossism.

Key words: Decentralization, Local strongmen, local bossism.

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