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Tulisan ini berupaya menggali makna isu “publik” dalam proyek reklamasi pantai utara Jakarta dan pembangunan tanggul raksasa yang saat ini masih berlangsung antara wacana milik negara plus pengembang versus wacana milik aktivis masyarakat... more
Tulisan ini berupaya menggali makna isu “publik” dalam proyek reklamasi pantai utara Jakarta dan pembangunan tanggul raksasa yang saat ini masih berlangsung antara wacana milik negara plus pengembang versus wacana milik aktivis masyarakat sipil. Sulit mengandaikan isu publik sebagai sesuatu yang tuntas, karena setiap pihak melandasi pemahaman “publik” dari rujukan pengetahuan yang berbeda. Perlawanan melalui gerakan popular pada akhirnya adalah perang tentang makna kenyataan dan defnisisi “publik” yang menyertai makna ini.
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Constitutional reform is one of the most important ways undertaken by some transitional regime for establish a democratic government. This kind of reform has many models. In Spain it is called reforma pactada-ruptura involving... more
Constitutional reform is one of the most important ways undertaken by some transitional regime for establish a democratic government. This kind of reform has many models. In Spain it is called reforma pactada-ruptura involving "negotiation" among elite, and a "rupture" from the previous regime whose legacy cannot be maintained any longer. The similar model, with different stressing, also took place in Taiwan. As Indonesia is now facing its critical moment in managing political transition following a thirty-two year authoritarian regime of New Order, a comparative study is valuable in giving inspiration on what route should be pondered. One important political decision to be taken is to reform constitution, namely the UUD 1945. Since its broad and open-to-interpretation character and its executive-heavy. the constitution is easily manipulated. Yet, the constitutional reform idea has been critical as its suspiced by certain groups with its concern on the total changing of the law, and also because the law has been merely a sacred text which left no chance to be reformed. This article suggest that the constitutional reform is possible, it is even a must, as long it is still in the path of the preambule as other country cases had shown how significant the constitutional reform for the process of democratization