Presiden adalah pemimpin, Pak Kyai adalah pemimpin, Pak Lurah adalah pemimpin, tetapi Kepala rumah tangga juga pemimpin, lalu apakah yang disebut pemimpin itu? Banyak pengertian tentang pemimpin. Untuk menjadi pemimpin yang demokratis memang tidak mudah. Pemimpin hendaknya selalu sadar akan kekurangan yang ada pada dirinya, dan harus selalu menjadikan norma, tata nilai dan tujuan sebagai tolak …
Berapa pun sumber daya yang ditransfer ke negara-negara berkembnag tidak akan mampu menghilangkan akibat negatif dari tata kelola yang buruk dalam pembangunan. Tata kelola yang baik, dengan ciri-ciri membuka interaksi yang wajar secara konsisten dan transparan antara para aktor pemerintah dan swasta dalam kehidupan ekonomi, sosial dan politik, memungkinkan masyarakat untuk memberikan masukan pa…
as a concept derived from different saurces, there is always a debate over its veracity. A part from the fact above, the concept might have good values such as recognition of equality [ egalitarian al musawah] before the law and goverment, freedom of assembly, participation in desicion making [asy syura], justice [al adl], are recognition of pluralism [culture, language, religion, ethnicity, id…
This article tries to describe the dinamics of Islamic politics and the state. Islam as religion and political power is always in subordinated position in the state. During the Indonesia new era, the power of Islamic politics the gave birth of the association of the Indonesian muslim intellectual [ICMI] colored the power of the new era regime. However, Islam was actually used as a shield for Su…
This article describes leaderships from the historical perspectives starting from the time of prophet Muhammad, peace upon him, khulafaur Rashidin [the four close friends of prophet Muhammad, peace upon him] to colonial era in Islamic nations and modern century. The article states that society political control in crucial in dealing with authority. This social control by people to the govermen…
This study discusses the discourse on democracy within the context of the larger debate on islam-state relations in Indonesia and correlates the religious approach with theories of democracy.It begins with a brief description of types democracy formulated by political scientists in order to help us classify the islamic groups efforts in the process of democratization in Indonesia.