The role of policy transfer in Indonesian governance: the case of academic administrative entrepreneurs

ABSTRACT

The aim of this article is to evaluate the role and resources of academics-turned-senior bureaucrats as key agents of policy transfer in Indonesian bureaucratic reform during the Reformation era (1998–2018). Indonesia has a longstanding tradition of appointing academics into public office. In this research, the concept of Academic Administrative Entrepreneurs is introduced to better understand Indonesian administrative reform and the changing nature of Indonesian governance in a period of democratic transition. It is observed that social, political and knowledge capitals are key resources that enable Academic Administrative Entrepreneurs to influence processes of change governance.

KEYWORDS:

• Academic administrative entrepreneurs
• policy transfer
• governance
• administrative reform

Notes on contributor

Ario Wicaksono is a PhD Candidate and Research Fellow at the Centre for Change Governance at the Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis at the University of Canberra, Australia, since 2016. He is also a lecturer at the Department of Public Policy and Management, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia, since 2008. His research interests include organizational studies in the public sector, policy transfer and learning, and urban studies.

ORCID

Ario Wicaksono http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7793-611X