BUILDING CHARACTER IN POLITICAL CULTURE IN DEMOCRACY

Building Character in Political Culture in
Democracy. Change of national leadership in Indonesia is a mandate
of the people through the mechanism of elections in accordance with the
principles of direct, general, free, secret and fair and healthy competition
between pairs of candidates for president and vice president. Political
culture is the political aspect of the system of values that thrive in
communities that are affected by the atmosphere of the current era and
the education level of the community itself. Other factors that influence
this is economic level of the community, the higher the level of economic
or prosperous society, the greater the participation of the community.
Public political participation is useful for developing political culture in
a political country. Participation in the political context of this case
refers to the participation of citizens in political processes. Democracy is
only the media to realize prosperous society, if democracy is established.
The great participation of the people in the political, economic, social
and cultural rights, So, the prosperous society will appear. Moreover,
the important thing is building a character of political culture, so the
activities of politics are not just stage played by the elite powers, but as a
means of fulfilling the basic needs of citizens in creating a joint benefit.