THE CONTRIBUTION OF LOCAL AUTONOMY POLICY IN ENCOURAGING THE DEVELOPMENT AND ONENESS OF NKRI (REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA).

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TI1E CONTRIBUTiON OF LOCAL AUTON()MY
POLICY IN ENCOURAGING THE DEVELOPMENT
AND ONENESS OF NKRI (REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA)
Didik G. Suharto
F a c u lty

o f S o c ia l a n d P o litic a l

I r . S u ta m i

S tr e e t

S c ie n c e , S e b e la s

M a re t

3 6 A S u r a k a r ta - C e n tr a l

U n iv e r s ity

Java

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d id ik g s u I 1 a r to @ y a h o o .c o m

A b s tr a c t
L ocal

a u to n o m y

g o v e rn m e n t

p o lic y

in p r in c ip le

a n d d e v e lo p m e n t.

lo c a l d e v e lo p m e n t

g iv e s

th e

lo c a l h e a d

th e

T h u s , id e a lly , th e lo c a l a u to n o m y

a c c e le r a tio n

a n d g u a r a n te e

d is c r e tio n

to o r g a n iz e

p o lic y c o u ld e n c o u r a g e

th e o n e n e s s o f R e p u b lic

o f I n d o n e s ia

th e

(N K R I).

I n r e a lity , u p to n o w , th e lo c a l a u to n o m y

p o lic y h a s n o t b e e n a b le to r e a liz e its id e a lity . O n e

o f b a s ic

in v o lv e m e n t

o th e r

w eaknesses

hand,

a u to n o m y

is th e le s s o p tim a l

th e g o v e r n m e n t's

w eak

c a p a c ity

and

o f p r iv a te

s e c to r a n d s o c ie ty .

c o m m itm e n t

O n th e

to th e r e a liz a tio n

o f lo c a l

o b je c tiv e ,

Key words: Local autonomy polity. private sector and society.

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th e is s u a n c e
th e

lo c a l

1 9 9 9 I n d o n e s ia

a u to n o m y

u n d e r ta k e n

im p le m e n te d

th e lo c a l a u to n o m y

o f A c t N u m b e r 2 2 /1 9 9 9 . B e f o r e th a t, p a r tic u la r ly
w o rk e d

in q U 1 3 i m a n n e r .

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u n d e r A c t N u m b e r 5 /1 9 7 4 . T L e lo c a l g o v e r n m e n t,

and w as under
a n d r e p la c e d
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of

s c o r e w a s 0 .4 2 3 in 1 9 8 0 , in c r e a s in g

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M a la y s ia , T h a ila n d ,

even

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a u to n o m y

e n c o u ra g e

th e lo c a l d e v e lo p m e n t,
m oves

lo c a l

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p o lic y

r e a lly ,

in f a c t, d id n o t h a v e a u to n o m y

p a r tic u la r ly
d e v e lo p m e n t

p o lic y

in n e w o r d e r a g e ( 1 9 6 6 - 1 9 9 8 ) ,

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c o u n tr ie s .

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it

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c o u ld b e s e e n f r o m

th e f o u r th r a n k a m c n g tl.e e ig h t m e m b e r s

has

not

I n d o n e s ia 's

of A SEA N .

been

s ig n if ic a n t

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I n d o n e s ia 's

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