Abstrak 
DISCRETION IN PUBLIC POLICY IN INDONESIA
Sintaningrum, Tomi Setiawan, Riki Satia Muharam
The International Academic Forum (IAFOR)
Inggris
Sintaningrum, Tomi Setiawan, Riki Satia Muharam, The International Academic Forum (IAFOR)
discretion, Policy, public
In the perspective of governance, any agency or government official in carrying out its responsibilities shall implement the general principles of good governance. Among these principles is the most basic prohibition of the abuse of authority and the prohibition of arbitrary action. While on the other hand, the regulations authorize the government to act and make decisions that deviate from the principle of legality. Discretion in public policy might be interesting, therefore, the authors are trying to develop the concept of discretion in this paper which discusses the case of discretion in public policy in Indonesia. The paper consists of three sections: first, the indroduction which explains what discretion is ; second, the discussion on the case of Indonesia, and third, the conclusion. Hopefully what is presented in this paper can be bring into a better understanding of discretion in public policy in Indonesia.