Open AccessIndustrial Policy as the Application of State Defense in the Era of Industrial Revolution 4.0
Author(s) -
Afrimadona Afrimadona,
Shanti Darmastuti,
Wiwiek Rukmi Dwi Astuti
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of international studies on energy affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2774-4213
DOI - 10.51413/jisea.vol1.iss2.2020.92-109
Subject(s) - industrial policy , government (linguistics) , state (computer science) , automotive industry , defense industry , public policy , obligation , industrial revolution , textile industry , business , public interest , product (mathematics) , economic policy , economics , international trade , engineering , political science , economic growth , law , management , linguistics , philosophy , geometry , mathematics , algorithm , computer science , aerospace engineering
The rapid change in the information technology in the age of Industry 4.0 requires the government to produce an innovative and competitive industrial policy in order to push for an independent economic development. Amids the trend of industry 4.0, states are faced with a challenge of advancing national industries, such as the energy, food and beverage, automotive, electronics, chemical, textile and textile products industries. Using literature review over a number of cases of industrial policies in East Asia, this article argues that a national interest-based industrial policy can be seen as an implementation of the so-called state defense. This is because industrial policy is the product of the thoughts of individual policy-makers who are also the citizens to whom the obligation of state defense applies. Thus, rather than simply asking the general individual citizens to do state defense, the state, represented by the individual policy-makers should also think of their policy in terms of state defense, that is the defense of public interest.Key Words: industrial policy, industry 4.0, state defense, national interest