From Regulatory Compliance to Substantive Accountability: Legal Barriers and Institutional Decoupling of Public Information Disclosure in Indonesia’s State Islamic Universities
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Public information disclosure in Indonesia’s State Islamic Universities (Perguruan Tinggi Keagamaan Islam Negeri/PTKIN) remains largely ceremonial despite the binding mandate of Law Number 14 of 2008 on Public Information Disclosure (UU Keterbukaan Informasi Publik/UU KIP). This socio-legal study investigates the legal, structural, and cultural factors driving the persistent gap between legal obligations and operational practices within PTKIN. Employing a qualitative socio-legal approach, this study combines primary data from in-depth interviews across seven PTKINs in Java and West Nusa Tenggara with secondary regulatory analyses, framed through institutional decoupling and isomorphism. The findings identify three primary systemic barriers: structural ambivalence stemming from conflating the Information and Documentation Management Officer (Pejabat Pengelola Informasi dan Dokumentasi/PPID) role with Public Relations units; a transactional compliance mindset due to decoupled accreditation/remuneration incentives; and cultural resistance rooted in bureaucratic paternalism. The study concludes that achieving substantive legal accountability requires embedding measurable transparency metrics directly into university accreditation frameworks, financial remuneration models, and internal supervisory mandates.
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