Welfare Regime Transformation in Indonesia: A Citizenship Debate

This article discusses Indonesian welfare regime outlook by using citizenship framework. It is argued that transformation of Indonesian welfare regime from productivist characteristic to universalism has been disrupted by the discourse of communitarian citizenship and market citizenship that has become path-dependency of welfare configuration in contemporary Indonesia . This circumstance has become an endogenous factor that obstructs innovations and changes within an administrative body of universal social protection. By using evidences from Indonesia experiences , this article can be used to develop a further understanding on the complexity of relations between welfare provision and citizenship in the context of developing countries.