Interaksi Eksekutif-Birokrasi di Kota Bandar Lampung = Executive-Bureaucracy Nexus in Bandar Larnpung District

This project seeks: (a) to describe the .pattern of nexus executives-bureaucracy in Bandar Lampung municipality(b) to analyze what are the determinants influencing those patternsto explain the implication of nexus executives-bureaucracy pattern to public policy process. It is probably useful: (a) to give a new understanding to the political behavior of government agency, especially the institution of executive and bureaucracy, in local politics based on Law of 22/1999(b) to recommend conceptual framework in order to identifying deficiency decentralization policy under Law of 22/ 1999(c) to stimulate new ideas among post-graduated students, especially Public Administration Department, Gadjah Mada University. This project applies qualitative-phenomenology as a method. Sample determined by purposive sampling. Technique of data gathering, data analysis, and verification of result research using numerous techniques that developed in qualitative-phenomenology paradigm. Various determinants caused the integration of executives-bureaucracy in Bandar Lampung municipality. First, the executive character has decisions-making power, bureaucratic leaderships, charismatic, and very powerful in course of policy making. Second, the character of bureaucracy maintaining narrow perspective, loyalties, maladministration that legitimized culturally. Bureaucracy develops social interaction through the informal and format patterns. Third, central governments remain to hold the substantive authority dealing with alternatives of procedure and substantive policy process in the bureaucracy at local government. Fourth, the bargain power of legislative has been low vis-a-vis executives and bureaucracy. Fifth, institution of state (as a representing by executives, legislative institution), remains too dominant in course of public policy. The executives-bureaucracy nexus tends to elitist and incremental. Public participation is Iow, substantive public policy does not serve public interest and abuses of power often happened. Keywords: executive-bureaucracy nexus, executive character, bureaucracy characte