Strengthening the State Administration System in the Digital Era: A Conceptual Review of Dynamics, Challenges, and Strengthening Agenda
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https://doi.org/10.59890/mjst.v3i5.231Keywords:
State Administration, Good Governance, Bureaucratic Reform, Decentralization, Digital Government, E-Government, Administrative Resilience, Crisis Management, Public Governance, IndonesiaAbstract
The state administration system in the contemporary era faces rapid transformation along with the strengthening of globalization, digitalization, and the increasing complexity of public issues that must be responded to by the government. State administration can no longer be understood merely as bureaucratic procedures, but as a system that integrates principles, structures, mechanisms, and adaptive capacity in governance. This article is intended to present a conceptual review of the dynamics and challenges of the state administration system in the contemporary era with a focus on the context of Indonesia. Using a qualitative literature review approach that is narrative and analytical in nature, this article examines various scientific publications on the concept of the state administration system, principles and core values (good governance), administrative structures and mechanisms, bureaucratic reform, government digitalization, as well as administrative resilience in facing crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The study's findings indicate that Indonesia has experienced normative and institutional progress, but still faces problems of fragmented authority, overlapping regulations, uneven institutional capacity, and a bureaucratic culture that is not yet fully performance- and service-oriented. The digitalization of administration brings opportunities to improve efficiency and transparency, but at the same time poses challenges such as infrastructure gaps, digital literacy, and system integration
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