Govermentality, The Discourse, and Indonesia^s Family Planning Program
Mohamad Dziqie Aulia Al Farauqi (a), Muhammad Najeri Al Syahrin (b)

(a)Universitas Muhammadiyah Kalimantan Timur
Jl. Juanda 15 Samarinda Ulu Sidodadi Samarinda Kalimantan Timur
(b) Universitas Lambung Mangkurat
Jl. Brigjen H. Hasan Basri, Pangeran, Kec. Banjarmasin Utara, Kota Banjarmasin, Kalimantan Selatan

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze how Foucauldian perspective sees the discourse of a happy-prosperous small family and the Family Planning Program in Indonesia. Those are integrated state programs of Indonesia government since 1970 to control the population. By using the concept of governmentality, Foucault saw this as a method to discipline the live over society using the regulation, discourse making, state apparatus and method to establish a very nurture circumstances for the neo-liberal economic stability in Indonesia. This paper argues that the process of governmentality, the Family Planning program, and discourse making of a happy prosperous small family are intertwined in to control population. This paper sheds light on how they are being produced, how they go and how important they are in the implementation of Family Planning program Indonesia.

Keywords: Governmentality, A happy Prosperous Small Family, and Indonesia^s Family Planning Program, Foucault, Biopower, Control Population

Topic: Other Social Sciences and Humanities