Kegiatan Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat yang dilaksanakan oleh Tim Pengabdian Program Studi S1 Ilmu Pemerintahan Fisipol Universitas Mulawarman. mengacu kepada pemberian sosialisasi dalam menyambut pesta demokrasi yaitu PILKADA SERENTAK 2020. Salah satu wilayah yang masuk kualifikasi partisipasi politik yang masih rendah ialah Kecamatan Samarinda Utara. Hal ini mengindikasikan bahwa telah terjadi apatisme di kalangan pemilih, di saat arus demokrasi dan kebebasan berpolitik masyarkat sedang marak-maraknya. Partisipasi politik menjadi salah satu kebutuhan agar keberlanjutan demokrasi dan sistem politik tidak mengalami hambatan. Dalam menyambut pemilihan kepala daerah 2020 mendatang, maka dapat dijadikan tolak ukur untuk menilai partisipasi masyarakat sebagai bagian dari proses Pendidikan politik yang baik. Semakin tinggi partisipasi menjadi nilai tersendiri akan penguatan proses Pendidikan politik, demikian sebaliknya. Upaya yang dapat dilakukan Tim Pengabdian Program Studi S1 Ilmu Pemerintahan Fisipol Universitas Mulawarman bekerjasama dengan Kecamatan Samarinda Utara dalam melaksanakan kegiatan pengabdian berupa pemberian Sosialisasi Pendidikan Politik kepada masyarakat Kecamatan Samarinda Utara. Sosialisasi dilaksanakan oleh Kesatuan Bangsa dan Politik berkolaborasi dengan Tim Pengabdian Program Studi S1 Ilmu Pemerintahan Fisipol Universitas Mulawarman berupa pemberian sosialisasi beserta materi Pendidikan politik kepada setiap masyarakat yang hadir.

The existence of an agrarian village is an integral part of sustainable regional development. The existence of Mulawarman Village as an agrarian village is the responsibility of the regional government as a dynamic / motivator of the people's aspirations, to support and protect and preserve agrarian villages. The existence of Mulawarman Village as an agrarian village is in fact still a major problem for the local government and the people in the village. This is due to the suboptimal role of the local government as a dynamic to move the aspirations of rural communities in carrying out development in the village. So that the existence of Mulawarma Village as an agrarian village is endangered.

An analytical study on the quality of the political participation of the people of Paser Regency seen from the perspective of gender. This paper is to see how the quality of women's group participation in the public sphere in Paser Regency in this case is participation in the political field. The method used in this paper is descriptive with a qualitative approach, namely the data source in the form of interviews or observations in the field. Based on the findings, the decline in the quality of women's political participation in Paser Regency is related to the cultural perspective of the community in seeing the role of women. In addition, there is a tendency in women to show a lack of motivation and competence.

The research aims to describe and analyze chronologically and the cause of the conflict between the Government and the local community as the impact of coal mining in Kota Samarinda in 2012-2014. The research use qualitative method by means of case study, and validated by trianggulation. Library research, indepth interview, and documentation was used for collecting data. Data analyze conducted by described systematically regarded to the facts, properties and relationships amongs phenomena. The results of the research was the distrust of the local community to the government due to negligence for managing coal mining. Then, differences views of government to the locals for productive lands as the impact of mining. Furthermore, it lead to the some unmet local needs, such as good and healthy environ as well as public facilities are damaged.

This writing discusses the analysis of the implementation of the village government of Aji Kuning seen from a systems perspective as an ecological approach to government. How is the process of implementing village government with a systems perspective in the ecology of government studies, in this study a village government can be said to be the lowest sub-system of the government of a national government system. The method used is qualitative analysis with data sources from interviews and documentation studies. Based on the research findings, it can be seen in the system input aspect, one of which is human resources and methods/strategies, both of which are considered relatively insufficient in terms of encouraging the empowerment function of rural communities when compared to development and services. In the process aspect of the system, it can be said that there is good interaction between the village government and the community in the village musdes forum, in this aspect the output is more tangible such as infrastructure development. The system analysis in the government ecology study looks at whether the administration of Aji Kuning Village can carry out development, empowerment, and service functions so that it has outcomes, impacts, and even benefits for the people of Aji Kuning Village.