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Southeast Asian Journal of Social and Political Issues (SEAJ-SPI) EDITORIAL BOARD Editor in Chief : Totok Sarsito (Universitas Sebelas Maret, Indonesia) Associate Editors : Mahendra Wijaya (Universitas Sebelas Maret, Indonesia K. Nadaraja (Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia) Editor Advisors : Mohtar Mas’oed (Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia) Mohamed Mustafa Ishak (Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia) Mohammad Mahfud MD (Universitas Islam Indonesia, Indonesia) Members of Editorial Board : Samina Yasmeen (The University of Western Australia, Australia) Chen Yiping (Jinan National University, China) C. Vinodan (Mahatma Gandhi University, India) Omar Farouk Bajunid (Hiroshima City University, Japan) Yusof Talek (Prince of Songkhla University, Thailand) Ramlan Surbakti (Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia) Sudarmo (Universitas Sebelas Maret, Indonesia) Prahastiwi Utari (Universias Sebelas Maret, Indonesia) RB Sumanto (Universitas Sebelas Maret, Indonesia) ISSN: 2088 - 2955 Southeast Asian Journal of Social and Political Issues Volume 1, Number 1, March 2011 Javanese Culture as Guidance for Suharto’s Personal Life and for 1-24 His Rule of the Country Totok Sarsito Conflict Management in Barisan Nasional 25-36 Mohd Foad Sakdan & Ahmad Bashawir Bin Haji Abdul Ghani Gotong Royong: In Search of Interfaith Dialogue at the Grassroots 37-45 Level in Ngepeh Village Indonesia Mohammad Rokib Neo-patrimonial Strategies in the Governance of Solo’s Street Traders 47-67 Sudarmo Assessing the ASEAN 5 Common Currency Area: Generalized 69-80 Purchasing Power Parity (G-PPP) Approach Lukman Hakim & Jauhari Dahalan Relationship Between Social Capital and Poverty Reduction: Case 81-92 Study at Members of Kelompok Swadaya Masyarakat (NGO) in Surakarta Yulius Slamet Social Capital and Voting Behavior of Semarang People in Local 93-102 Election 2010 Ari Pradhanawati Faculty of Social and Political Sciences Universitas Sebelas Maret ISSN: 2088 - 2955 Universitas Sebelas Maret ©All rights reserved No part of this journal may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any means, including photocopying and decoding, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without written permission from the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Sebelas Maret. Every effort has been made to trace and acknowledge all the copyright owners of the material reprinted herein. However, if any copyright owners have not been located or contacted at the time of publication, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Subscription Subscription Rate (per publication) Indonesia Overseas Individual IDR 150.000 USD 50 Institutional IDR 200.000 USD 70 The subscription rate includes packing, postage, and delivery by surface mail. Check/bank draft should be made payable to the Dean of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Sebelas Maret, and sent to Secretariat of the Southeast Asian Journal of Social and Political Issues, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Jl. Ir. Sutami 36A, Solo 57126, Indonesia About the Authors: Totok Sarsito, PhD. is a Professor at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Solo, Indonesia. He holds two MAs in Political Sciences from Universitas Gadjah Mada and from Northern Illinois University, USA, and a PhD in International Studies from Universiti Utara Malaysia. He has contributed numerous articles on Indonesian politics, such as “Javanese culture as the source of legitimacy for Soeharto’s government” (Asia Europe Journal, Volume 4, Number 3, September 2006), “The Indonesian Constitution of 1945. Why It Was Amended” (Journal of International Studies, Volume 3/2007), etc. Email: [email protected]; Mobile phone: +62811295203. Dr. Mohd Fo’ad Sakdan is an Associate Professor at Universiti Utara Malaysia. He is also the Dean of the Research and Innovation, 2007 till now, College of Law Government and International Studies, Universiti Utara Malaysia. He holds an MA in Political Sciences from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, and a PhD in Conflict Management from University of Hull, UK. He has contributed numerous articles or papers for journals and seminars. Email: [email protected]. Dr. Ahmad Bashawir Abdul Ghani is currently a senior lecturer in international business management with the College of Law, Government and International Studies at University Utara Malaysia. He holds an MBA in Financial Management from The University of Hull, UK, and a PhD in Commerce from Murdoch University, Australia. His research and consultancy interests cover the theoretical and applied aspects of international business, business research, strategic alliances, strategic/policy modeling, and business economics. He has also published in a wide range of international, Australian and New Zealand journals. He is currently the Deputy Dean, Ghazali Shafie Graduate School of Government, College of Law, Government and International Studies at University Utara Malaysia. Email: [email protected] Sudarmo, PhD. is a lecturer at the Department of Public Administration, the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta, Indonesia. Before embarking on his Flinders PhD scholarship, he worked as a street trader on Saturdays in Solo, thereby learning of their difficulties first hand. He has advocates for the rights of informal traders and details the political context of their removal from the center of Solo to the outskirts. He has also conducted some research projects on street traders in seven regencies of Solo Raya, and published articles regarding networks and collaborations, and contributed his idea about the importance of social capital to resolve conflict. Email: [email protected]; Mobile phone: +6287836576639. Mohammad Rokib is an M.A. student at the Center for Religious and Cross Cultural Studies (CRCS) Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta (2009). In July 2010, he graduated from Vienna International Christian-Islamic Summer University (VICISU) programe in Vienna, Austria. Part of his work are: “Back to my Classroom: A Practice of Pluralism Experiences” in Merajut Kebersamaan dalam Keragaman (Yogyakarta: Resist Malang, 2010), Filologi dan Manuskrip: Menelusuri Jejak Warisan Islam Nusantara (as editor), (Yogyakarta: Kolom Media and LP2FA, 2008), and “The Concept of Love on Ibnu ‘Araby’s Thought” in The Spirit of Love, (Yogjakarta: Buku Laela, 2007). Email: [email protected]; Mobile phone: +6285648241919. Lukman Hakim is a Ph.D. student at the College of Arts and Sciences, Universiti Utara Malaysia. His thesis “Assessing ASEAN 5 Economic Integration: Monetary Transmission Mechanism and Financial Market Performance Analysis” has been submitted for examination. He is a lecturer at the Faculty of Economy, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Solo, Indonesia. He has presented several papers at international conferences, such as “The Effect of Optimal Monetary Transmission and Financial Market Performance” (The 6th Annual Conference of The Asia Pacific Economic Association, Hong Kong, 8-9 July 2010). Email: [email protected]. Jauhari Dahalan, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor at the College of Arts and Sciences, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kedah, Malaysia. His fields of specialization are Applied Econometrics, International Finance, Financial Economics, and Monetary Economics. He has published numerous articles, such as “Monetary Policy Transmission in a Least Developed South Pacific Island Country: A case Study of Samoa” (International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance, Vol.1, No. 4, 2008), “How Does Monetary Policy Transmission Mechanism Work in Samoa” (School of Economics, University of the South Pacific Working Paper, WP2007/22, November 2007). Email: [email protected]. Yulius Slamet, Ph.D. is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Sebelas Maret University, Solo, Indonesia. He has involved in many research activities since 1972. He was chief editor of research journal "Sumbang Sih" published by Sebelas Maret University. He has contributed some articles in local journals and contributed two articles for international proceedings. Email: [email protected]. Moble phone +628122598076. Dr. Ari Pradhanawati is a Senior Lecturers at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia. Her master degree in Economic Agriculture and her doctorate degree in Social Sciences were achieved in Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung. She has published various articles and books, mostly under the scope of domestic social and political issues. Email: [email protected]. .