Java Governor Research Articles

PARTISIPASI POLITIK MASYARAKAT PEDESAAN DALAM PEMILIHAN GUBERNUR JAWA TENGAB TAHUN 2008 (Studi Kasus mengenai Partisipasi Politik Masyarakat Pedesaan di Kecamatan Karanggede, Boyolali dalam Pilgub Jateng 2008)

<p><em>Every citizen has interest and preference on who should command him/her and</em></p><p><em>on the public policy</em><em>.</em><em> </em><em>The directly election of local leader is part of citizen contribution to the public policy corresponding to the Act No</em><em>.</em><em> </em><em>32 of 2004 about Local Government</em><em>. </em><em>That the governor and vice governor position is not based on the election mechanism by </em><em>DPRD </em><em>like the previous age</em><em>. </em><em>Thus, the society is political participation </em><em>has </em><em>a very important role here. Based on the result of research shows that generally, the rural society in subdistrict Karanggede Boyolali </em><em>has </em><em>the lower participation level in the Central Java's Governor of 2008</em><em>.</em></p>

Is Fiscal Decentralization Conflict Abating? Routine Violence and District Level Government in Java, Indonesia

Utilising a newly created data set we examine the relationship between routine/everyday violence and fiscal decentralization in 98 districts of the Indonesian island of Java. By examining possible relationships between fiscal decentralization and routine violence, this paper fills a gap in the literature where the analysis of the relation between fiscal decentralization and violence is relatively scant. Routine violence, which is different from both civil war and ethno-communal conflict, centres around group brawls, popular justice or vigilante violence. Despite the uniform implementation of fiscal decentralization, sub-national entities exhibit varying experiences with decentralization, but a common consequence is the increased size of local government. Fiscal decentralization, and the increased size of local government, can alleviate pent-up frustrations with a centralized state, as local government expenditure is seen to satisfy the needs of communities that people identify with more closely. Our results show that this is indeed the case, but the capacity to do so mainly lies with richer districts.

PENGARUH PERTUMBUHAN EKONOMI, PENDAPATAN ASLI DAERAH, DANA ALOKASI UMUM DAN SISA LEBIH PEMBIAYAAN ANGGARAN TERHADAP PENGALOKASIAN BELANJA MODAL

This research tries to identify the effect of economic growth, local government original revenue, general allocation grant,and remaining balance of local government budget for the year t towards the allocation of capital expenditure budget for the year t+1. This research used secondary data drawn from municipal budget realization report for the year 2003-2005 that was published by Central Bureau of Statistic. We used 108 local governments in Java as the sample of research. Based on regression analysis, the research shown the result that all independent variables, i.e. economic growth, local government original revenue, general allocation grant, and remaining balance of local government budget for the year t statistically significant affect the allocation of capital expenditure budget for the year t+1. It means that government officials for some extent consider past year data of economic growth level, local government original revenue, general allocation grant,and the remaining balance of budget to determine the allocation of next year capital expenditure budget.

1815年のスンバワ島タンボラ火山の爆発について

The eruption of Mt. Tambora, a famous volcano in Sumbawa Island, Indonesia, in 1815 was one of the most cataclysmic in historical times. Nearly one third of the mountain had been dispersed, thus caused directly and indirecty more than 50, 000 victims. Indeed the disaster is comparable with the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883.T. S. Raffles, then the governor of Java, recorded many valuable details of this disaster and since then many scientists such as Zollinger, Junghuhn, Bemmelen etc. had paid much attention to the activity of the volcano. Owing to their studies and with the development of modern earth sciences, the process and character of the eruption had now greatly clarified and analized.In this paper, the author tried to review these records from the sandpoint of historical geography, hoping to recognize the relation between the inhabitants and their environment in this region.