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This article discusses the involvement of youths in independent political movements since Indonesia's political reform. Political reform became important to be elaborated cause the opening of political space in both political parties and civil society, including for youths. However, this ideal has not been realised, as political parties have been limited by several pathologies and the lack of inclusivity. In the other hand, the establish of independent movements have created alternative spaces for political activity, including for youths. Applying a Bourdieuan perspective, this article examines the habitus and capital evident within such independent movements' political interactions. This article examined the youths in the Jogja Independent Movement (Gerakan Jogja Independent, JOINT), one independent political movement that has been involved in mayoral elections in Yogyakarta City. The exclusivity of political parties has led the movement to gather public support by collecting identity cards and public donations. Although no longer extant, the movement can still be understood as an arena for interactions between openly recruited volunteers and initiators. This study finds that youths have been unable to become agents and voice their own interests. Elitism continues to pose an obstacle to youths' political involvement, as positions of power remain dominated by a small group of elites. Youths, having become involved through open recruitment, have yet to become capable of cross-field movement as they lack the capital of their closed-recruitment peers. At the same time, the academic habitus of these volunteers is incongruent with the political field, leading many youths to leave the movement. Political space being dominated by a small group of elites further limits their available space. The decreasing number of volunteers indicates that JOINT was unable to ensure sustained membership, leading to its ultimate failure.

ABSTRACTThis article discussed political resilience from society perspective. Drawing on case studies of the youth's perception of independent political movement in Yogyakarta in 2017, we argued that youth's opinion and experience had contibuted to strengthened youth political resilience. Political resilience can not only be seen from state centric aspect but also from the youth as part of local society. The research method used was qualitative descriptive using case studies. Data collections was done through in-depth interviews, observations, and document analysis.This research showed that the youths were optimistic with the existence of Jogja Independent Movement (JOINT). JOINT tried to offered an alternative way with publict involvement as candidate or volunteer. The ideology, vision and mission offered by JOINT were considered as one of the alternatives for young people to actively involved in political practices without taking a part in political parties. However, they argued that the strategy and management of the movement were not well developed. Furthermore, the volunteers didn't have wide space to articulated their needs, because they involved in technical-administrative process only. Although the young people didn't have the wider space in the substantial matter, they got experience and political practical lessons in JOINT. With their belief, youth were optimist that democratic process could be done with good and clean when we had a good strategy and well preparation. Although there was many volunteers who stopped after the collapse of the movement, the knowledge gained by the volunteers stimulates them to joined a movement, initiated movement and research, and also made a plan political education in the future. Their beliefs, thoughts, and steps could be seen as a form of checks and balances in order to responded political dynamics for better development.ABSTRAK Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji ketahanan politik dari sisi masyarakat, dengan mengamati persepsi para pemuda (relawan) sekaligus political action mereka terhadap gerakan independen di Kota Yogyakarta tahun 2017. Ketahanan politik tidak hanya dapat dikaji dari hal yang sifatnya state centric, namun bisa dilihat pada elemen masyarakat. Pengalaman dan pandangan youth as active citizens terhadap proses di dalam gerakan telah berkontribusi pada ketahanan politik pemuda. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah deskriptif kualitatif dengan menggunakan metode studi kasus. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan wawancara mendalam, observasi, serta pengumpulan berbagai dokumen yang relevan dengan topik penelitian. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa pada awalnya para pemuda cukup optimis dengan keberadaan gerakan Jogja Independent yang berusaha menawarkan alternatif cara baru dalam berpolitik. Ideologi, visi, dan misi yang ditawarkan oleh JOINT dianggap relevan sebagai sarana berpolitik tanpa melalui jalur partai politik. Namun mereka menilai bahwa strategi dan pengorganisasian gerakan masih kurang matang dan kurang menyasar masyarakat akar rumput. Di samping itu, para relawan juga belum memiliki ruang untuk mengakomodasi kepentingan pemuda, karena mereka hanya dilibatkan dalam teknis administratif semata. Meskipun secara substansi pemuda belum memiliki ruang sama seperti di dalam parpol, pemuda mendapatkan pengalaman dan pembelajaran berpolitik melalui gerakan. Dari sisi keyakinan, pemuda cukup optimis bahwa berpolitik dapat dilakukan dengan jalan yang bersih dan demokratis, namun hal ini tetap membutuhkan waktu dan strategi yang tepat. Meskipun tidak memungkiri bahwa banyak relawan yang justru berhenti pasca gagalnya gerakan, pengetahuan yang didapatkan dalam gerakan telah menstimulasi para relawan untuk membuat gerakan dan mengadakan edukasi politik di masa mendatang, bahkan bergabung pada gerakan politik dan mengadakan berbagai penelitian. Keyakinan, pemikiran, dan langkah konkret para pemuda merupakan bentuk dari checks and balances dalam merespon dinamika politik dan mengawal pembangunan yang lebih baik.

This study focuses on border governance paradigm for various relevant policies in Indonesia. By applying literature review method, it reveals that Indonesian border governance paradigm has shifted from hard to soft border paradigm. The change has significant impact on how managing border areas in the country. In fact, both paradigms have their own advantages and limitations. This study also shows that the preference between hard or soft boarder paradigm influences the decisions on how the government understand the complexity of the border.

This study focuses on border governance paradigm for various relevant policies in Indonesia. By applying literature review method, it reveals that Indonesian border governance paradigm has shifted from hard to soft border paradigm. The change has significant impact on how managing border areas in the country. In fact, both paradigms have their own advantages and limitations. This study also shows that the preference between hard or soft boarder paradigm influences the decisions on how the government understand the complexity of the border.

Strengthening democracy in Indonesia provides an opportunity for women to involve informal politics. This condition is not only to show women's abilities but also to mainstream gender issues in public policy. This article explores cases of Rita Widyasari as Regent in Kutai Kartanegara and Yasti Soepredjo Mokoagow as Regent of Bolaang Mongondow to understand how they build political linkage in a local context. In this research, we use a qualitative method to gather deep information about women leaders and their linkage. The research shows that their success can not be separated from their ability to build and maintain the networks with various actors in the region, such as economic actors, civil society, and political actors. Although Rita and Yasti use a different pattern to build a local network, this research indicates that political linkage becomes one of the important points to establish women political career.