All of the articles in this proceedings volume have been presented at the ICON-DEMOST 2023 during 7-8 June 2023 in Semarang. These articles have been peer reviewed by the members of the Reviewers Team and Scientific Committee and approved by the Editor-in-Chief, who affirms that this document is a truthful...

Lifting performance of terminated oil and gas blocks has decreased after acquired by Pertamina. This became a concern to observers of oil and gas industry and government regarding the readiness of employees to change after an acquisition. This study aims to examine the effect of change leadership and...

Communities have their own perspective on their environment. That perspective is shaped by the long history of their life. The process of development in urban areas has created environmental impacts that were not previously imagined. This study aims to reveal the perspective of the community regarding...

This paper aims to explain state actors in the context of environmental politics while also describing technologies of environmental innovation that can be used by the state in solving environmental crises. Common interests in the context of the environment, which are articulated and enforced by the...

Since 2010, the Indonesian government has been undertaking climate change mitigation efforts through Blue Carbon. However, few local governments have policies and development plans for their blue carbon potential in their respective regions. Furthermore, the popularity of blue carbon lags behind that...

The study of challenges to religious harmony has always been an ongoing discussion. Although history has provided valuable lessons regarding various interfaith tensions, it does not mean that the issue is resolved. Events that disrupt religious harmony occur cyclically in various forms and backgrounds....

Koteka is not merely a traditional article of clothing worn by the indigenous people in the highlands of Papua. Aside from setting the Papuan identity apart from other ethnicities, koteka has political and social dimensions. This research uses secondary data from news articles, examined using critical...

This article analyzes the phenomenon of the development of hijra among youth in Semarang City and their strategies in dealing with new habits in their daily lives. The phenomenon of hijra among young people has recently been extensively spreading in various regions. The trend of young people doing hijra...

The absence of local cultural values, coupled with bureaucratic behavior, fosters a bureaucratic culture that frequently results in a deterioration of public service quality. Bureaucratic officials still exhibit a deficiency in comprehending the significance of local cultural values, and this deficiency...

Craft is the most populist art field and appears in each region with a variety of product styles and functions. As a folk art, crafts have a massive base both production and social, supported by adequate local resources. Under these conditions, it is assumed that crafts are able to become the basis of...

This study analyzes the variations of political-bureaucratic clientelism in simultaneous regional elections in six regions in Jambi province. This study reveals two patterns of relationship. Network client exchanges are where the incumbent intervenes and mobilizes officials, while new politicians use...

This paper explained the uses of feminine issues (especially social issue) by woman candidates during the campaigns on the 2019 legislative general election in Indonesia for Batu Municipal People’s Regional Representative Council (DPRD; Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah). Through in-depth interviews and...

This research aims to give understanding about identity politics and Electoral Outcomes through literature review. When social identity, culture, ethnicity, gender, religion and other background become important factors in politics. Therefore, deep understanding about relations between identity politics...

The country’s economic development and social welfare are the main goals of every government in the world. However, long-term development planning and implementation must go through a complex process through various levels which from a macro and micro perspectives do not always produce results for community...

The paper asks what digital transformation processes mean for the distribution of power in international relations. Different preconditions and strategies of relevant actors are taken into account. A focus is put on the position of the Global South in these processes, with special attention to Indonesia....

This paper examines the effort of Indonesia to achieve a just energy transition partnership (JETP) by adapting external and internal change. The JETP scheme is manufactured by industrialized countries in order to lessen reliance on fossil energy as a result of the ongoing global crisis and climate change...

Tourism villages and tourism are two things that cannot be separated. Tourism itself has made a significant contribution to the Indonesian economy. This potential is substantial, considering that developing Indonesian tourism trends are directed at developing tourist villages. Villages in Indonesia have...

This study will examine the constraints and prospects for using crowd law to promote post-pandemic participatory democracy. Digital platforms have made it possible to involve many people more effectively and efficiently in decision-making processes, or even influence law-making to make it more representative...

This research aims to determine the implementation of ISO 9001 by SMEs to obtain information about the current trend of implementing ISO 9001 in obtaining certification. This study uses a systematic literature review analysis to identify, evaluate, and interpret the findings of primary studies from Scopus...

Climate change has become a global issue of serious concern that need solving problem by all stakeholders. Indonesia is committed to reduce emission. It is supported by all regions. Semarang City as the capital city of Central Java Provence have this high commitment. The City itself contributes to CO2...

This study aims to analyze the dynamic managerial capacity of the Village Apparatus to manage village governance based on electronics (village e-Governance) as an approach to achieving the mandate of Law Number 6 of 2014 concerning Villages. This descriptive qualitative research describes in detail the...

The government promotes the Family Planning Village program in order to make the family planning program successful to improve the community welfare, but its management still needs some improvements. This research locus is Bunulrejo Village, Blimbing Subdistrict, Dinoyo Village, Lowokwaru Subdistrict...

The rise in women’s representation as public officials in Salatiga City is a crucial indicator of democracy. This progress must be accompanied by supportive knowledge about gender mainstreaming (PUG) in policymaking. There are many studies on women's representation, yet few are directed to examine...

This study aims to identify, identify and analyze the quota policy for coal production and transportation which has been carried out according to the standard procedures in force in Jambi Province and to analyze how the implementation of ideal control over the quota policy for coal production and transportation...

Policy success is often linked to public support in the implementation process. This theoretical relevance will be tested in the implementation of PAPM and BSPS policies in Gorontalo Regency. In order to describe more broadly about the driving and inhibiting factors, a test is carried out on the application...

Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are vital business sectors supporting a country's economy. The MSMEs sector absorbs a lot of labor and supports the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), especially in developing countries. This study aims to analyze the effect of age, sales volume,...

Ahmad Wahib is an outstanding thinker whose thinking has been celebrated as the representation of Islamic thinking to cope contemporary issues. During the last period of Old Order and early the New Order era. Ahmad struggled to define moslem attitude toward ongoing political dynamic as well as ideological...

Pengajian is a common activity in Indonesia. Pengajian means public event that is not only reciting quran for moslems but also learning the values of Islam and religion in common openly for public. Through this type of pengajian the values of religious moderation are spread to jamaah. This research used...

When Indonesia’s President Soeharto step aside from the government in 1998, we believe Indonesia was changing into democratic regime. In 2004, it was the first time, Indonesia conducted direct presidential election. The changing of election system from MPR (People Consultative Assembly) into direct system...

This study aims to see how the Acehnese people accept women as leaders. The presence of women regional heads is still taboo for the people of Aceh. Aceh's strong socio-political conditions with Islamic law and patriarchal culture make women second-class citizens in public affairs. This research...

The spread of terrorism is often associated with radical network groups, such as Al Qaeda and The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Unlike other radical groups in various countries, ISIS is known as a group that uses women and children as perpetrators of terrorism. In Indonesia, acts of terrorism...

Religion is believed to have given birth to many essential things in society. Religion cannot be separated from the theme of morality and society, both its function and essence. One of the important functions of religion in the life of society is related to its role in integrating social systems. One...

Reformation in line with democratization post-1998 in Indonesia provided an increasingly open space as a forum for the dissemination and the contestation of ideological identity resulting in the development of transnational and local Islamic movements in various regions. The contestation and dissemination...

The popularity of Indonesian social media has enhanced not only the displays of piety through various religious online rituals and activities, but also the intriguing phenomena of exposing profligacy and vices. In line with the deepening Islamization in democratic Indonesia, religious leaders take advantage...

Religious Moderation is one of the pillars of religious harmony that needs to be implemented in the life of a plural Indonesian society. The implementation of the pillars of religious harmony is not only visible in the real world, but also in the digital world. Because cases of religious conflicts and...

The study aims to determine and analyze the actors involved and analyze the demands of the social movement of the people of Batang Hari Regency on the activities of transporting coal trucks on the Muara Bulian-Tembesi causeway, Jambi Province. Qualitative approach with primary and secondary data sources...

The complexity of the contemporary era requires society to adapt to various changes and demands of the times, including coastal Muslim communities. The development of technological devices and the massive flow of information have also placed coastal Muslim communities as part of global society. This...

The people of a country usually share a common history, language, culture, ethnicity and religion. However, these factors do not necessarily make the unity of the country strong. Instead, the basis of state unity is psychological, namely nationalism. On the other hand, classical Islamic politics offers...

This study aims to reveal the contestation of power relations between various actors behind water conflicts in Indonesia after the decentralization era. The research was conducted on three cases of water conflicts that had occurred in Batu City (East Java), Klaten (Central Java) and Sleman (Yogyakarta)....

Like democratic systems in various countries, Indonesia also faces challenges in maintaining the existence of democracy. Policy practices are often dominated by the interests and ambitions of elites, as well as the dominant role of capital. This results in general public interests being marginalized...

After the Khilafah was overthrown in 1924 in Turkey, the issue of the relationship between religion (Islam) and the state in the Islamic world became one of the most popular conversations of all time. However, the Khilafah as a form of Islamic government is still a foreign issue by some at this time....

During the 2014 and 2019 political campaigns, the Indonesian people, who are predominantly Muslim, entered an era known as the era of digital society (digital society). Digital society is characterized using electronic means in almost all areas of life, including the 2014, and 2019 until presidential...