%0 Journal Article
%T Muslim localizing democracy:  a non-pesantren village in Madura as a preliminary study
%A M. Endy Saputro
%J Indonesian Journal of Islam and Muslim Societies
%P 293-316
%@ 2406-825X
%D 2011
%X The political dynamic of village in Indonesian New Order has two faces. On one hand, it is conditioned by the feudalism of village¡¯s leader which is monopolized from one generation to other generations. On the other hand, religion can be an
alternative to challenge this feudalism. I explore this condition through an examination of the role of kalebun(the village¡¯s leader) and kiaiin a non-pesantren village in Madura, Indonesia. In Madura society ,  kiaiand its pesantrentake important role in the process of Islamic institutionalization. Y et, in this case, the absence of  pesantrenenforces the  kiaito be counter-balance of the feudalism of the  kalebun. And, the  kiaiclaims that this counter-balance is on behalf of democracy . This article concludes with a discussion of the requirement of democracy in ¡°Islamic¡± local politics as well as in search of good local governance in post Indonesian New Order.
%K Madura
%K Non-Pesantren
%K Democracy
%K Kiai
%K Kalebun
%U http://ijims.iainsalatiga.ac.id/index.php/ijims/article/view/78