scholarly journals The dynamics of public support for the king in Yogyakarta

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 84
Author(s):  
Pajar Hatma Indra Jaya
Keyword(s):  
Rational Choice ◽  
Rational Choice Theory ◽  
Choice Theory ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Cluster Technique ◽  
Retrieval Technique ◽  
The People ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Group Interests

The background of this research is the support of the people of Yogyakarta to the sultan to lead Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta. This paper is aimed at examining the relationship between a king and the community in the democracy era. The cases examined specifically in this study were the case of the proposed law of Yogyakarta in the Sutet region, and the ore mining case in Kulonprogo. Research was conducted qualitatively by collecting data through documentation, observation and interview. Informant retrieval technique is done by cluster technique. This research is analyzed by rational choice theory which assumes that people are always trying to optimize the choices that bring benefits (Mallarangeng 2008: 9, Kuper & Kuper 2000: 895). The study had various findings, such that public support of the king could not be explained by the concept of Javanese power and that logical consideration in the form of the interest proximity of each group becomes a concept of public support against the king. When the group interests are closer, they show their support, but, when the gap becomes wider, they readily change their support without fear of karma.

scholarly journals Praktik Demokrasi Pasca-Pemilu di Tingkat Lokal: Preferensi para Aktor Elite dalam Perspektif Teori Pilihan Rasional

Humaniora ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 264
Author(s):  
Yustinus Suhardi Ruman
Keyword(s):  
Rational Choice ◽  
Rational Choice Theory ◽  
Choice Theory ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Elites ◽  
The People ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Electoral Democracy

Electoral democracy generates the political elites. Because these political elites are born through a democratic process, they are expected to practice their power in accordance to the basic principles of democracy. One of them is to open the opportunity and acces of people to participatie in decision making proceses. Nevertheless, the problem is that the political elites who were elected through electoral democracy tend to close the participation of citizen in policy making process. To analyze how the political elites formulated the policy and what the rationality of the policy was, this article used rational choice theory. Article used secondary data to analyze the problem. Results of the analysis showed that democracy in local level after elections was determined by rationality, preferences, and interests of the political elites. The practices of power of the elites in local level in the context of rational choice theory made opportunity and access for the people obstructed. It then affects the existing development policies reflect only rationality, preferences, and interests of some elites. 

scholarly journals The rational choice of implementing Hamis Batar traditional rituals by the community of Rabasahain Village

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-102
Author(s):  
Hildigardis M. I. Nahak ◽  
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Blajan Konradus ◽  
Dasma Damanik ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Rational Choice ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Rational Choice Theory ◽  
Choice Theory ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
The People ◽  
Science And Culture

Purpose: In this study, this research aimed to find out the process of implementing the Hamis Batar rite and how it means for the people of Rabasahain Village. Research methodology: The approach used in this study is qualitative. The analysis in this study uses the Rational Choice Theory. Respondents were selected by purposive sampling. 6 respondents are consisting of Village Head, 1 Traditional Head and 4 ordinary people who are often involved in the implementation of the Hamis Batar Ritual. Results: The Hamis Batar ritual is a traditional event carried out by the Rabasahain community as a form of gratitude to the creators and ancestors for the harvest obtained and its implementation depending on the agreement of the Fukun, Katuas And Ferik of the traditional house, as well as the readiness of corn as an offering. Based on the research, it can be concluded that the Hamis Batar ritual is categorized as a rational activity because it is considered to have a function and purpose for society. Limitations: This research does not cover more details about the Hamis Batar Ritual. This research only focuses on explaining the process of the Hamis Batar Ritual in brief and showing the ritual as a rational activity. Contribution: This research becomes scientific information for social science and culture. Keywords: Rituals, Indigenous activities, Rational choice theory

Theorizing religion and media in contemporary societies: An account of religious ‘publicization’

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 626-648 ◽  
Author(s):  
David E.J. Herbert
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Rational Choice ◽  
Rational Choice Theory ◽  
Choice Theory ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Social Significance ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Secularization Theory ◽  
Transnational Media ◽  
The Relationship

This article argues that a combination of the rapid development and dissemination of media technologies, the liberalization of national media economies and the growth of transnational media spheres is transforming the relationship between religion, popular culture and politics in contemporary societies in ways not adequately accounted for in existing sociological theories of religion (secularization, neo-secularization and rational choice) and still largely neglected in sociological theories of media and culture. In particular, it points to a series of media enabled social processes (de-differentiation, diasporic intensification and re-enchantment) which mirror and counter processes identified with the declining social significance of religion in secularization theory (differentiation, societalization and rationalization), interrupting their secularizing effects and tending to increase the public presence or distribution of religious symbols and discourses, a process described as religious ‘publicization’. These processes have implications for religious authority, which is reconfigured in a more distributed form but not necessarily diminished, contrary to neo-secularization theory. Furthermore, contrary to rational choice theory, the increased public presence of religion depends not only on competition between religious ‘suppliers’, but also on the work done by religions beyond the narrow religious sphere ascribed by secular modernity to religion, in supposedly secular spheres such as entertainment, politics, law, health and welfare and hence has implications for the relationship between politics and popular culture central to cultural studies.

Rational Choice and Political Power

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith Dowding
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Rational Choice ◽  
Rational Choice Theory ◽  
Choice Theory ◽  
Political Power ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Best Interests ◽  
Structural Explanation ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Relationship

Rational Choice and Political Power is a classic text republished with two new chapters. It critiques the three dimensions of power showing that we can explain everything the dimensions are designed to highlight using the tools of rational choice theory. It argues power is best seen as a property of agents, and can be measured by looking at their relative resources. Breaking down power resources into five abstract categories we can see why groups of individuals can fail to secure their best interests due to the collective action problem. We can also define objective interests in through the lens of collective action. Despite power being seen as a property of agents rational choice models of power provide structural Explanation. The power and luck structure is the relationship in agential resource-holding given agents preferences. The book explains the difference between power and systematic luck – the latter is where groups, including powerful ones – can get what they want without doing anything simply because of their social location in the power and luck structure. The book engages with some feminist critiques of seeing power in rational choice terms and includes some methodological discussion of the relationship of methodological individualism and structuralism and then that the concept of power is essentially contested. This book’s unique interaction with both classical and contemporary debates makes it an essential resource for anyone teaching or studying power in the disciplines of sociology, philosophy, politics or international relations.

Zum Zusammenhang von Sozialisation und ehrenamtlicher Mitarbeit in Sportvereinen – Erste Überlegungen unter Anwendung der Rational-Choice-Theorie / On the relationship between socialization and volunteer work in sports clubs – Initial considerations in the framework of rational choice theory

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens Flatau
Keyword(s):  
Rational Choice ◽  
Rational Choice Theory ◽  
Choice Theory ◽  
Volunteer Work ◽  
Sports Clubs ◽  
Ehrenamtliches Engagement ◽  
The Relationship

ZusammenfassungDer vorliegende Beitrag geht erstens der Frage nach, inwieweit das Phänomen des ehrenamtlichen Engagements in Sportvereinen mit den Grundannahmen der Rational-Choice-Theorie vereinbar ist. Die Entscheidungslogiken werden sowohl auf der Ebene des Vereinsmitgliedes als auch des Vereins analysiert und mathematisch modelliert. In diesem Zusammenhang wird die wichtige Rolle der Sozialisation im Sportverein für ehrenamtliches Engagement beleuchtet und in das Modell integriert.

scholarly journals Familienforschung – Familiensoziologie: Einleitende Bemerkungen

2006 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-147
Author(s):  
Hartmann Tyrell
Keyword(s):  
Rational Choice ◽  
Rational Choice Theory ◽  
Choice Theory ◽  
The State ◽  
Family Research ◽  
State Institute ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Sociology ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

In his introductory remarks, the chairman of the Conference on the State of the Art in Family Research – that took place on March 19th and 20th 2006 in Bamberg and was jointly organised by the State Institute for Family Research at the University of Bamberg and the Zeitschrift für Familienforschung (Journal of Family Research) – comments on the relationship between family psychology and family sociology, on the increasing impact of rational-choice theory on family sociology as well as on the debate on stability and change of the overall concept of family during the 20th century that was so vibrant during this conference. The author concludes his remarks by pleading for a decomposition of the concept of the family as an all encompassing unit. Zusammenfassung In diesen einleitenden Bemerkungen nimmt der Moderator der Familienwissenschaftlichen Konferenz Stellung zum Verhältnis zwischen Familienpsychologie und Familiensoziologie, zum wachsenden Einfluss der Rational-Choice-Theorie auf letztere, sowie zur während der Tagung recht lebhaften Debatte über Stabilität und Wandel des Familienleitbildes im 20. Jahrhundert. Abschließend plädiert er für eine Dekomposition des so stark einheitsbetonten Familienbegriff.

Jon Elster, Sour Grapes

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Schliesser
Keyword(s):  
Political Theory ◽  
Rational Choice ◽  
Rational Choice Theory ◽  
Choice Theory ◽  
Policy Science ◽  
Adaptive Preferences ◽  
Intellectual Context ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter evaluates Jon Elster’s Sour Grapes: Studies in the Subversion of Rationality thirty-five years after publication. In the first section of the chapter, Elster’s work is put in intellectual context. The chapter draws attention to the significance of Elster’s framework in changing our understanding and scope of rational choice theory. It argues that the focus on adaptive preferences has opened up important questions for any political theory and policy science confronting the relationship between experts and the agents theorized. In the second section of the chapter Elster’s aesthetics and his critical treatment of Foucault is re-evaluated and found to be less compelling. In particular, Elster’s critique of a certain kind of consequence explanation is criticized.

scholarly journals Eksistensi Hiburan Kibot pada Acara Resepsi Pernikahan Masyarakat Tamiang

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 134
Author(s):  
Abdul Robby ◽  
Rakhmadsyah Putra Rangkuty
Keyword(s):  
Rational Choice ◽  
Rational Choice Theory ◽  
Choice Theory ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Interactive Analysis ◽  
The People ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Research Findings

This research focuses on the causes of kibot entertainment still exist in Tamiang society and the motives of people choosing kibot as entertainment. Coleman's rational choice theory was used in analyzing research data. The research method is a qualitative approach with data collection techniques such as observation, interviews, and documentation. Meanwhile, the data analysis technique in this study used an interactive analysis method. The research findings illustrate that people see kibot as a rational choice based on economic value considerations because of its affordable prices. Kibot entertainment also has social value as a prestige that is given through the recognition of others. In addition, the existence of kibot entertainment is based on the guidance of people around them who help them with their work at the wedding reception. On the basis of these motives, kibot entertainment continues to exist in demand by the Tamiang community, especially the people of Kampung BaboAbstrakPenelitian ini berfokus pada penyebab hiburan kibot masih eksis di tengah masyarakat dan motif masyarakat memilih kibot sebagai hiburan. Teori pilihan rasional Coleman digunakan dalam menganalisis data penelitian. Metode penelitian yaitu pendekatan kualitatif dengan teknik pengumpulan data berupa observasi, wawancara, dan dokumentasi. Sementara teknik analisis data dalam penelitian ini menggunakan metode analisis interaktif. Temuan penelitian menggambarkan masyarakat melihat kibot sebagai sebuah pilihan rasional atas pertimbangan nilai ekonomi karena harga yang terjangkau. Hiburan kibot juga memiliki nilai sosial sebagai sebuah prestise atau gengsi yang diberikan melalui pengakuan orang lain. Selain itu, eksistensi hiburan kibot dilandasi oleh tuntunan dari orang-orang sekitar yang membantu pekerjaan mereka dalam acara resepsi pernikahan. Atas dasar motif-motif tersebut menjadikan hiburan kibot tetap eksis diminati oleh masyarakat Tamiang khususnya masyarakat Kampung Babo.

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