Expression of Political Friends AhokVoluntarism in Elections Jakarta 2017 [JURNAL]
Abstract
Volunteer group is one of the associations of community's political articulation in the electoral
moment. By campaigning independence, non-partisan in nature, and moving in a collective way
are proven able to make the volunteer group as an alternative actor and significant political force
in mobilizing support and voice. Volunteer group Teman Ahok (Friends of Ahok) is a movement
that openly declared itself as the political volunteer with political aims as an additional element
in the winning of candidate pair Basuki Tjahaya Purnama (BTP) and Djarot Saiful Hidayat in the
2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election. The appearance of Teman Ahok in the political arena of the
2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election is related to the BTP's populism figure. Quick changes in
political escalation force Teman Ahok to change its position and political role. That fluctuation
brings an important dynamic to the Teman Ahok journey. It isinteresting to observe Teman Ahok
activity in compile community participant and then aggregate it since it causes a public
perception that is diametrically opposed at a time; supporting & not supporting. This writing will
analyze the expression of Teman Ahok political voluntarism and will assess the significant
benefit resulted in during the process of electoral democracy.
Key Words: political voluntarism, political pattern, political expression
Download : PDF
0 komentar:
Post a Comment