Faktor-Faktor Penyebab Berkembangnya Aktivitas Paradiplomasi Kota Padang dan Kota Hildesheim Pada Tahun 1988-2022

Abstract

In 1988, the local government of Indonesia and the government of German federation established paradiplomacy activities in the form of Padang-Hildesheim sister city cooperation. This sister city cooperation has an interesting pattern because the formation of this cooperation not accordance with the provisions for the formation of sister city cooperation, specifically on the basis of similar characteristics and superior regional potential. However, Padang-Hildesheim sister city cooperation has been able to develop for 34 years and it remains active today. The purpose of this study is to identify the causative factors of paradiplomacy development in Padang City and Hildesheim City in 1988 using the concept of paradiplomacy by Alexander S. Kuznetsov. This research is a qualitative descriptive research using primary and secondary data. The results of this study show factors that led the development of Padang-Hildesheim paradiplomacy activities in 1988-2022 from the perspective of Padang City are globalization, democratization, foreign policy domestication, decentralization, problems with the nation-building process, asymmetry of the constituent units, the external stimulus, and the role of regional leaders. Meanwhile, factors that led the development of Padang-Hildesheim paradiplomacy activities in 1988-2022 from the perspective of the Hildesheim City are globalization, foreign policy domestication, federalization, asymmetry of the constituent units, external stimulus, and the role of political parties.