SCOPE 
Manuscripts is the result of research in the field of politics and local governance, covering the themes of local political practices, local government systems, governance, regional development, public policy, public services, conflict management and resolution, and customary government.

SUBMIT
Manuscripts are submitted through the page https://shariajournals-uinjambi.ac.id/index.php/tpj/ and will go through a review process.

LANGUAGE
The manuscript should be written in Bahasa Indonesia 

FORMAT
The manuscript text ought to be written as this article template. The manuscript should consist of fifteen (15) to twenty five (20) pages including references. The article should be typed in Times New Roman, font size 12 (except titles and abstracts) and must be written on A4-sized papers (210x297 mm), with custom margins as follows: left 25 mm, right 20 mm, bottom 20 mm and top 30 mm.

TITLE
The title should be informative and be written both briefly and clearly. It cannot diverse multi interpretations, with maximum of 20 words, typed in Times New Roman Font size 16.

AUTHOR(S)
Full name is written without title. If there is more than one author, the second author's name and so on are written under the first author's name. Author institution is typed under the author's name along with the author's country of origin. Name and affiliation are written in Times New Roman, font size 11 and 1 space.

ABSTRACT
Written in both Indonesian and English. Consists of 150-250 words and 3-5 keywords, typed in Times New Roman, font size 11 and 1 space.

CONTENT
The manuscript consists of an introduction, methods, results and discussion, and conclusions.

CITATION
The must follows the format applied by APA 6^th Edition (American Psychological Association) with a straight typing model (without tab)

REFERENCES
All the references that used in the article must be listed in this part. In this part, there are at least 15 references that published in the last 10 (ten) years for books and 50% must be periodical article published in the last 5 (five) years. The writing format follows the format applied by APA 6^th Edition (American Psychological Association)