Good Governance and Local Government in Contemporary Indonesian Context

The government is one of the elements of a country that has a function of formulating, expressing, realizing people aspiration. In its development, the concept of government undergoes a transformation of paradigm from state to a public orientation. Therefore the policy of a local government has a significant consequence in running the governance that is politically steps toward democratization. The presence of government will be very meaningful in involving its people in planning, implementation, and supervision in the development. This paper explains that there is a close relationship between the implementation of good governance with decentralization policy or the existence of local government.