Politika: Jurnal Ilmu Politik
Vol 12, No 1 (2021)

Revealing the Orientation of the Post-Reformation Islamic Student Movement in Indonesia

Ahmad Izudin (Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Kalijaga)



Article Info

Publish Date
27 Apr 2021

Abstract

This article explains the traces of the post-reformation Islamic student movement. The movement is still considered as the power of civil society to conduct democratization, but its tendency does not lead to social transformation. Sidney Tarrow (1996) used a theory of collective behavior reference in social movements to discuss this issue. This article is based on a qualitative research method. The data were collected by using Focus Group Discussion, interview, documentation, and literature review. This study finds out that an orientation shifting of the Islamic student movement, which is interesting to reveal. The shifting indicates the tendency to change orientation accordingly to the national political change and fluctuations. In this situation, the Islamic student movement has experienced several social dynamics. A new movement model arises when they use social media as an alternate formto convey their social criticism like through the street demonstration to critize governance practices.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

politika

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Environmental Science Social Sciences

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Politika: Jurnal Ilmu Politik (e-ISSN 2502-776X) (p-2086-7344) is a multi-disciplined journal focused on the study of political science, governance issues and public policy in and on Indonesia and Asia. The journal publishes theoretical and empirical research articles with an aim to promote and ...