Abstract
Each political party will be changed because it is determined by its internal and external factors. The changes are ongoing at their political process and mechanism, towards their objective and gives an impact to environment both to internally and externally. The change occured on Golkar’s structures and political changes in facing national reformation movement. Research affords to describe the changes that have been going on, through external dan internal determinants, process and mechanism, as well as the objective and impact. The research object is Golkar’s structures and political interaction that changed at the Golkar party in Bandung. The research used political sociology studies, qualitative approach, and descriptive methods. Meanwhile, the techniques of collecting data used document, literature, observation, and in-depth interview with using resource triangulation. The result of research showed Golkar faces process and mechanism changes, particularly about political structures and interaction. It determined by external (national reformation movement) and internal (democracy demand) factors. It leads to objective (adapting, modernizing, democratic, and decentralization) and impacts (to the Indonesian armed forces retired members and the civil servant and also the people to make and manage new political parties). To modernize its structure and political interaction, Golkar in Bandung should be continue the commitment, consistency, and adaptation to the nation development and dynamic of the region in Bandung.
Highlights
Since it was established and development, Golongan Karya (Golkar) often changing its structural and political interaction
This is understandable because the Golkar party in Bandung is a part and in organizational structure vertically upwards which lead to the Central Executive Board
The third external factors is hardened when almost all those who are outside the "circle-loyal 'to Pak Harto, including those who originally sided with him-that is among private ones in the Golkar Family circle-, participate pressing and turn-direction become pro-reform movement
Summary
Since it was established and development, Golkar often changing its structural and political interaction. This study is limited to structure and political interactions changes from 'Old Golkar' to 'New Golkar'. This is due to external and internal factors within Golkar. The Golkar organization had ranging levels from The Central Executive Board located in the Center (Jakarta), the Regional Representative Council I, located in every province, and the Regional Representative Council II located in each district/city. This study was conducted based on consideration that the changes of Golkar’s structures and political interaction occured at every organization levels, both at the level Central Executive Board, Regional Representative Council I, Regional Representative Council II, as well as at the district and even villages. Bandung was chosen based on the consideration: (a) The capital of west java province, Bandung regarded as a representation of the cultural city-cities located in the middle of the culture-urban-metropolitan and cultures-rural, (b) Bandung, city of education, government, commerce, tourism, and so on is considered as a growing representation cityegalitarian-parochial political cultures, among the egalitarian-participatory culture and patrimonial-servant political culture, and (c) Bandung included as one of the cities that have mass-wishers voting for Golkar in every election (general election) which have a relatively stable and continuous amounts for the legislature (House of Representative, Regional Representative Assembly of West Java Province, and Regional Representative Assembly in Bandung)
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