TY  - JOUR
T1  - Politicians among Santri Examining the Understanding of
Political Power among PKB Elites in Kediri City
AU - Susilo, Suko AU - Suaib, Eka 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 12
IS  - 8
SP  - 1317
EP  - 1323
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2017.1317.1323
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2017.1317.1323
KW  - power
KW  -Political elites
KW  -sources of power
KW  -pragmatists and situational elites
KW  -constructivist paradigm
AB  - The reviews of power consist of several categories including: reviews of political elites as elaborated
by Mills Reviews of military elites as suggested by Eksterowitz reviews of executive politics and its
dichotomous character as pioneered by Elgie reviews of power transfer as proposed by RV. Raehn and reviews
of power focusing on political parties in public election system as described by Cusack. The review discussed
in this research remains within category of power reviews of political parties. Research problems are how is the
understanding of political power among the PKB elites in Kediri City? What are sources of power these elites
have and what category of political elites is produced from the possible differences between individual PKB
elites the approach to review is constructivist paradigm. The object of research is PKB in Kediri City. Data are
collected through interview, observation and secondary data analysis. The format of data includes expressions,
daily experiences, structures, sign configurations and less organized manners of speech. Research also involves
data reduction, data presentation and conclusion. It is concluded that: there are two poles of understanding
among the PKB elites in Kediri City when they must understand political power. One pole is ideological
understanding and other is practical understanding in both poles or contexts, the PKB elites in Kediri City are
identified as having and using the sources of influence or power such as money, strictness, religious symbols,
structural and cultural legitimacy and cemetery pilgrimage and the categorization represents the fragmentation
of the PKB elites in Kediri City based on their understanding of political power and their possession of sources
of power which these elites are classified into ideological, pragmatists and situational elites.
ER  -