Understanding Aceh Referendum Discourse in the Context of Asymmetric Decentralisation

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10.2991/icdesa-19.2019.21How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Referendum, Asymmetric Decentralisation, and Ideology

Abstract

As a result of recent political dynamic, particularly after the world most complicated simultaneous national elections, Aceh referendum discourse has been re-echoed by Acehnese local elite. This issue has become an interesting phenomenon to be investigated. As a result of MOU Helsinki Peace Agreement in 2005, Aceh has been granted as a special region by the central government by way of an asymmetric decentralisation scheme to run its government. Is it true that the local Acehnese really want the referendum? Or is it just a political discourse enacted by the local elites for their own political interests? This paper examines how ideology operates through discourse. It uses Van Dijk ideological discourse analysis. This paper argues that referendum issue re-enacted is not just an ordinary elite’ speech. It strongly entails political ideology of certain group. For ideology to operate in discourse, local elites have strategically manipulated context, event, knowledge and their group belief both to attract public attention and to strengthen their political bargaining position with the national elites

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sait Abdullah
AU  - Deni Ramdani
PY  - 2019/11
DA  - 2019/11
TI  - Understanding Aceh Referendum Discourse in the Context of Asymmetric Decentralisation
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference of Democratisation in Southeast Asia (ICDeSA 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 99
EP  - 104
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icdesa-19.2019.21
DO  - 10.2991/icdesa-19.2019.21
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