This research analyses the networks of political and business actors over the past twenty years since 2004. It examines several government policies and the actors involved in them. First, the implementation of policies that facilitated the exploitation of natural resources, which resulted in deforestation in Riau, occurred during the administrations of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Joko Widodo. Second, the introduction of mineral law in 2009 and its revision in 2020. Third, the revision of the Law on Eradication Corruption Commission (KPK) in 2019. Fourth, the debate concerning the law on Job Creation and its introduction in 2020. The data was collected through field research in Riau and Jakarta.
This research raises questions: How has the political economy transformed in the last twenty years? How were the political and business actors connected? How did they shape the structure of Indonesian politics and economy?
The aim of this research is to understand the transformation of the Indonesian political economy over the last twenty years by examining the connections between political and business actors. The assessment of these connections will shed light on the transformation of the political economy. It focuses on the relationship between power and business in the country.
This research employs network analysis. It collects data on the connections between actors over the last twenty years, which is collected by print or online media and other documents. The dataset comprises information on Indonesian political and business elites, including the top 150 political elites and 100 business elites in Indonesia.