Abstract
The study explains the dimension of the structure of resource mobilization in the political movement of new region establishment in Indonesia. The establishment of new regions has been seen only in the utilization of formal structures. In fact, the involvement of non-formal organizations also contributes to the importance and determines a region expansion. The study employed a qualitative approach with the support of primary and secondary data related to the establishment of Parigi Moutong Regency. The data was obtained through in-depth interviews with the group figures of the expansion. The secondary data was obtained from mass media and government agencies as well as personal documentation. The theory used was the dimension of the resource mobilization structure of the political opportunity structure (POST) theory. The study reveals that the success of the expansion movement in Parigi Moutong Regency for their structure resource mobilization by civil society organizations or non-formal to formal institutional build up pressure by using lobbying based on personal, professional and primordial networks. The influence of national political reforms motivated and mobilized the mobilization of movement resources as a repetition of the movement that had taken place in the previous expansion movement in Parigi Moutong Regency.
Highlights
The problem of forming new regions in Indonesia remains as a latent problem in the political issue of central and local government relationship (Benyamin Hossein 1993; Anne Booth 2011; Asnan 2007)
The study related to the structure of resource mobilization of the expansion movement in Parigi Moutong is interesting in relation to the continuity of regional formation movement
The mobilization structure can be successfully managed through the use of strategies, optimization of injustice and grievance issues, the creation of motivation, and opportunity to encourage collective action
Summary
The problem of forming new regions in Indonesia remains as a latent problem in the political issue of central and local government relationship (Benyamin Hossein 1993; Anne Booth 2011; Asnan 2007). The study related to the structure of resource mobilization of the expansion movement in Parigi Moutong is interesting in relation to the continuity of regional formation movement It struggled by involving many elements such as political parties, local elites and especially the general public who sacrificed their property, time and energy since 1963 and later the widespread post-reformation was successful in 2002. The real evidence of the failure of Parigi Moutong uplifted people of East Coast community It is a part of the plan which would implement openly governor’s election in Central Sulawesi Provincial Parliament that presented political dynamics of political parties in this area for the first time. The youth meeting in Kasimbar was Wilayah Utara (TTM) (Etnis Tomini/Lauje, Tialo, Tajio)
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