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Indonesia's provincial governments shifted from seeking autonomy to endorsing their representative function due to critical junctures, ambiguous authority structures, and asymmetric power relations, demonstrating that intermediate governance institutions are dynamic arenas of contestation. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To examine how decentralization and shifting institutional dynamics reconfigure the dual role of provincial governments between pursuing regional autonomy and representing central authority.

September 14, 2026Cogent Social SciencesOpen Access

Balancing autonomy and the government representation roles: institutional change of Indonesia’s provincial government

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To examine how decentralization and shifting institutional dynamics reconfigure the dual role of provincial governments between pursuing regional autonomy and representing central authority.
Applied historical institutionalism to evaluate institutional evolution and critical junctures following the 1999 decentralization reforms.
Conducted qualitative case study analysis evaluating intergovernmental power distributions, ambiguous authority structures, and intermediate governance strategies in Indonesia.
Identified an institutional shift wherein provincial governments transitioned from seeking broad regional autonomy to endorsing their designated role as representatives of the central government.
Demonstrated that ambiguous authority structures and asymmetric power relations transform intermediate governance levels into dynamic arenas of continuous contestation and rule reinterpretation.

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Qualitative case study reveals shifting provincial roles from autonomy-seeking to central representation in Indonesia, highlighting how intermediate tiers adapt within multilevel governance.

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Zuliansyah Putra Zulkarnain (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa7b3df0926e14a848b320f https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2026.2727144

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Qualitative case study reveals shifting provincial roles from autonomy-seeking to central representation in Indonesia, highlighting how intermediate tiers adapt within multilevel governance.

Balancing autonomy and the government representation roles: institutional change of Indonesia’s provincial government

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Balancing autonomy and the government representation roles: institutional change of Indonesia’s provincial government

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