Kelompok 1 - Political Infrastructure and Superstructure
Kelompok 1 - Political Infrastructure and Superstructure
Kelompok 1 - Political Infrastructure and Superstructure
This paper is made to fulfill the assignment of the Introduction to Political course.
Lecture:
Jamroji, S.Sos, M.Comms.
Written By:
Anggita Astri Mahadewi 202210040311010
Moh. Alvian Efendi 202210040311018
Iqbal Avriellyan Azzura 202210040311039
First of all, our gratitude goes to God Almighty for His blessings and grace so that we
can complete the task of making a political paper entitled "Political Infrastructure and
Superstructure". This paper was made in order to fulfill the assignment of the Introduction to
Political course and to deepen knowledge about political material. On the occasion of making
this paper, we do not forget to express our gratitude to Mr. Jamroji, S.Sos, M.Comms. As the
lecturer in charge of the course Introduction to Politic. We compile this paper from various
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writing and material. Hopefully this paper is useful for readers, therefore criticism and
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author would like to thank to those who have contributed. May God Almighty. always bless
our efforts. Amen.
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TABLE OF CONTENT
PREFACE............................................................................................................................................ii
TABLE OF CONTENT......................................................................................................................iii
CHAPTER I.........................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Background................................................................................................................................1
CHAPTER II.......................................................................................................................................2
2.1 Interest Groups..........................................................................................................................2
2.2 Presssure Group........................................................................................................................3
2.3 Executive Agency.......................................................................................................................4
2.4 Representative Agency..............................................................................................................5
2.5 Auxiliary institutions.................................................................................................................6
2.6 Judicial Institution.....................................................................................................................7
CHAPTER III......................................................................................................................................8
3.1 Conclusion..................................................................................................................................8
BIBLIOGRAPHY................................................................................................................................9
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
The structure of a country can be divided into two, namely the political superstructure
and political infrastructure. Both have very clear differences, but they also serve an equally
important function. The superstructure and political infrastructure are related and attached to
one another. The superstructure is capable of managing everything in the infrastructure for
the sake of achieving the goals of the political infrastructure itself. And vice versa,
infrastructure can affect the operation of the superstructure.
The political superstructure is everything that relates to the state apparatus. The state
apparatus includes position, power, authority, formation tasks and the interrelationships
between all the state apparatus.
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CHAPTER II
THEORETICAL STUDY
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2.2 Presssure Group
Pressure Group is organizations with a plan to campaign or induce government or
businesses to alter behavior, arrangements, choices, or take action on a specific issue. A
few individuals may allude to their organizations as campaign bunches and intrigued
bunches to dodge negative assiliations and recognitions almost their organization.
Pressure groups usually have relatively limited members. Meanwhile, in their operations,
they usually have a constitution to guide all group activities and member behavior.
Pressure groups and political parties have differences. Political parties consist of
individuals with the same political ideology and join to form organized voluntary groups.
While, pressure group consist of like-minded people who seek to promote and campaign
for a common cause, possibly related to members or the public.
There are many examples of pressure groups. They can be local or national
organizations. Others may have a wider reach and operate internationally to voice their
aspirations to governments or businesses in different countries. The following are
examples of pressure groups:
Amnesty International, focuses primarily on human rights issues, strongly
opposes and campaigns for an end to human rights abuses.
Greenpeace, focuses on environmental issues and campaigns for
environmental protection and sustainability with a voice for climate change,
biodiversity, and renewable energy.
Fairtrade Foundation, aims to promote justice for farmers and workers in
developing countries by promoting changes in the way trade works, such as
through fairer trade deals, better prices, and decent working conditions.
Although they do not seek power and participate directly in elections, the role and
function of pressure groups cannot be underestimated. Here are some of them:
Raise attention to issues such as social and environmental by voicing them out
and trying to get governments and businesses to change their policies.
Help educate citizens, especially members, about government policies and
programs related to issues they raise, such as human rights.
Increase political education and citizen awareness through pressure group
activities, encouraging them to develop constructive criticism.
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Increase political education and citizen awareness through pressure group
activities, encouraging them to develop constructive criticism:
Government policies and regulations are related to the issues they raise.
Business policies and practices, for example, are related to how companies
balance profit goals with two other aspects: people and planet (triple bottom
line).
Changing consumer behavior and habits, for example by encouraging them to
buy environmentally friendly products.
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Lobbying the Executive Branch is similar to any other branch of the U.S. government
and is regulated by laws pertaining to disclosure. Complexity encouraged more
specialized lobbying, often with more than one agency affected by any one piece of
legislation. Executive branch agencies added a new layer of rule-making to
congressional legislation. However, it is true that
many executive branch agencies have the power to write specific rules and are a target
of lobbying. Federal agencies, like the State Department, make rules to give aid
money to countries like Egypt.
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institutions are given authority to exercise control in three respects, there
are:
1. Control of Executive
2. Control of expenditure
3. Control of Taxation
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them. For example, Komnas HAM and the DPR when determining whether a case
constitutes a human rights violation or not.
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CHAPTER III
CLOSING
3.1 Conclusion
The state is a form of life in large groups with a large number of members so that it
can be classified into the type of "secondary group". State life as a form of group life has
similarities with other forms of life such as villages, forests, and others. There are two
kinds of characteristics of the state as a form of social life that are not shared by other
forms of social life that are not the state, namely (1) the state has higher power than other
forms of social life, (2) the state has a higher position higher than other forms of social
intercourse. Therefore, in running its government, the Indonesian government has a
constitution that contains structures of power. According to the description above, the
existing structures carry out their respective duties. All parts of the government must
work properly so that a country achieves goals that are in line with the expectations of its
people. In fact, the essence of the state is an organization of power, which was created by
a group of people, this organization has an authority that can impose its will on everyone
covered by that organization to maintain the interests and organize the welfare of its
citizens. Thus, from the past until now, the human aspiration to become a state has been
to translate the interests of the people into law so that a just and prosperous life can be
achieved.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
(http://kolibri.teacherinabox.org.au/modules/en-boundless/www.boundless.com/political-
science/definition/executive-agency/index.html, diakses: 28 November 2022)