TITLE:
Discursive Institutionalism as Framework of Analysis for Multi-Vector Power Relations in Organizing Political Parties
AUTHORS:
Wawan Edi Kuswandoro, Kacung Marijan, Kris Nugroho
KEYWORDS:
Discursive Institutionalism, Political Party, Power Relations, Intra-Party Democracy
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Political Science,
Vol.10 No.4,
August
18,
2020
ABSTRACT: This article investigates power relations in Intra-Party Democracy in the
study of organizing political parties. Intra-Party Democracy refers to the notion of
formal political institutions, whereas the political process more often occurs
informally, personally, multi-vector which involves multi actors, multi
political resources and power relations no longer come from formal
institutional sources but any
direction and beyond the reach of formal institutions. Using the literature
review method, this article enhances the explanation of Intra-Party Democracy
by presenting the perspective of Discursive Institutionalism as an analytical
framework that bridges multi-vector power relations that occur in organizing
political parties. Discursive Institutionalism explores the actors’ discursive capabilities,
namely coordinative discourse and communicative discourse in the discursive
process in organizing political parties.