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Abstract

This paper aims to elaborate the increase of political kinship phenomenon in South Sulawesi, especially from the perspective of political legacy of a candidate from parti¬cular political family. Utilizing a qualitative research method, the paper reveals that in kinship politics, interest in politics is transferred through political discussions within family, activities in political parties and social organizations. There is also process of transferring networks and family brands that will help a candidate to gain public sup¬ports. This paper also reveals that direct elections of local leaders and majority votes of proportional open list election system open more opportunities for political family to increase more power as family members are being elected in political leaderships. However, the quality of candidates tends to decrease as shown by relatively younger candidates with less political experience. The new political parties and the lack of re¬generation provide opportunities for the members of political family to gain power in their early age. This paper suggests that the quality of candidate is an important feature of kinship politics which will enrich the previous studies in the characteristics of kinship politics as argued by Hess, Casey, Asako as well as Dal Bo and Querobin.

Bahasa Abstract

Tulisan ini bertujuan untuk melakukan elaborasi terhadap berkembangnya fenomena politik kekerabatan di Sulawesi Selatan, terutama dari perspektif kualitas kandidat yang dimiliki oleh calon yang berasal dari keluarga politik. Dengan menggunakan metode penelitian kualitatif, penelitian ini menunjukkan terjadinya pewarisan ketertarikan pada politik dalam keluarga melalui diskusi politik dalam keluarga, aktivitas di partai politik maupun organisasi sosial yang menjadi modal sebagai politisi. Pewarisan jaringan dan nama besar keluarga juga mempengaruhi dukungan publik kepada kandidat. Pilkada langsung dan sistem pemilu proporsional dengan suara terbanyak memberikan kesempatan yang lebih besar kepada keluarga politik untuk memperoleh atau memperbesar kekuasaannya sehingga jumlah anggota keluarga yang menduduki jabatan politik semakin meningkat. Meskipun demikian, indeks kualitas kandidat dari keluarga politik cenderung menurun yang dipengaruhi oleh semakin muda usia kandidat untuk memperoleh kekuasaan karena adanya peluang yang diberikan oleh partai-partai politik baru. Kualitas kandidat ini merupakan unsur penting dalam memaknai politik kekerabatan, yang melengkapi ciri politik kekerabatan dari Hess, Casey, Asako maupun Dal Bo dan Querobin.

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