Blusukan Culture and Familism in Local Democracy

Study of Surakarta Mayor Election 2020

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.210918.056How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Blusukan, Familism, Political Dynasty, Mayor Election

Abstract

This study would like to describe the blusukan culture as the campaign strategy for Gibran-Teguh and familism strength at Surakarta Mayor Election (Pilwakot) in 2020. Blusukan, as a symbol of Javanese identity cultural tradition is defined as a behaviour to go places thoroughly in order to check the condition. Currently, blusukan has a political meaning as a candidate’s campaign strategy to introduce themselves to the public, convey their vision and mission, and influence people’s choices. The blusukan phenomenon that has done by Gibran was interesting to study because it uses a new method, that is digital blusukan which successfully makes Gibran the Surakarta Mayor in 2020. This study used a qualitative descriptive design. The sampling technique was purposive and snowball sampling. The research data were collected through interviews and documentation, used triangulation for validity. The results showed that this blusukan culture has proven effective as the campaign strategy for traditional society using the interpersonal communication Blusukan as a campaign strategy is still awaited by the public since they can interact with the candidates in a addition to familism or political dynasties as the main consideration for the traditional voters. The researcher recommends that the blusukan tradition is not merely a campaign method before the general election, but it should be returned to its essential meaning, to know the real conditions of society. The political party recruitment process needs to be reformed to cope with the spread of political dynasties and the dynasty of politics.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Setiajid
AU  - Martien Herna Susanti
AU  - Anandha
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/09/18
TI  - Blusukan Culture and Familism in Local Democracy
BT  - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Education & Social Sciences (ICESS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 306
EP  - 309
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210918.056
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210918.056
ID  - 2021
ER  -