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JOKOWIDODOANDSURAKARTA,INDONESIA,20052011

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SYNOPSIS
InJuly2005,JokoWidodo,thefirstdirectlyelectedmayorofSurakarta,facedthe

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dauntingjobofrevitalizinganIndonesiancitywhosehistoryofviolencehadearned

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earlier,riotshadshakenSurakarta,knownasSolo,asmobsrazedseveralneighb

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destroyinghomesandbusinesses.In2002,Solomadeinternationalnewsagainw

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officialsuncoveredterrornetworksinthecity.Poorlyfunctioninggovernmentserv

highunemploymentandweakeconomicgrowthweighedonthehalfmillionresiden
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WiththehelpofViceMayorF.X.HadiRudyatmo,themayortookaseriesofsteps

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turnSoloaround.KnownbyhisnicknameJokowi,hebuiltallianceswithbusinesse

religiousleadersandnongovernmentalorganizationsrepresentingthepoor.Initial

relocatedthousandsofstreetvendorstorelievetrafficcongestionandcreatedao

shopforbusinesslicensesandotherservices.Healsoexpandedfacilitiesatnew

locations,improvedconditionsinslumsandupgradedhealthservices.Jokowithen

workedtoboosttourismandstrengthentheeconomybyrevivingSolosimageas

regionalcenterforartsandculture,bothtoitsowncitizensandtheoutsideworld.

economicgrowthbolsteredthecitysrevenuebase,Jokowireorganizedpartsofth

governmenttopromoteefficiencyandopenedthebudgetprocesstogreaterpublic

scrutiny.In2010,heandRudyatmowerereelectedwith90.9%ofthevote.Thisc
studyrecountstheirreformeffortsbetween2005and2011.

RushdaMajeeddraftedthiscasestudybasedoninterviewsconductedinSurakar
Indonesia,inNovemberandDecember2011.CasepublishedJuly2012.

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INTRODUCTION
InJuly2006,acolorfulprocessionmoved

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throughthestreetsofSurakartafromthehistoric

peacefulrelocationofnea

Banjarsariparkareatothenewlyconstructed

fromtheBanjarsariareat

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KithilanSemanggimarketplace.Theparade

fivekilometersaway.The

movedslowlyasthoseonfootmadericeofferings

skillofthefirstyearmayo

inkeepingwithlocaltradition.Cityofficials

everywherebyhisnickna

followedinhorsedrawncarriages.Marchers

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