Perilaku politik (political behavior) suatu bangsa sangat terkait dengan landasan filosofi negara beserta evolusi organ-organ kenegaraannya; peran pemerintah sebagai "aktor politik sentral; partisipasi warga negara; media massa yang menghembuskan isu-isu politik (political issues) dalam membentuk pendapat umum (public opinion). Buku Perilaku Politik: Menelisik Perpolitikan Indonesia sebagai Medium Menuju Negara Kesejahteraan ini, mempersembahkan pemikiran politik yang digali oleh ...

The core argument of this book is that citizenship is produced and practiced through movements against injustice. These take the shape of struggles—by people at the grass-roots level and middle classes and their representing organisations and activists—for cultural recognition, social and economic justice, and popular representation. Such popular struggles in Indonesia have largely ended up engaging with the state through both discursive and non-discursive processes. While the state ...