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This research aims to understand the shifting of political education at Partai Keadilan Sejahtera (Prosperity and Justice Party (PKS). I employ theory of social contract to analyze phenomena involving the elites and the rest of the Muslims. This research is a study of the literature complemented with an in-depth interview with those who involve in the political education either as the subjects or objects of it. The data, then, were analyzed by means of a method of critical discourse. The political education shifting, partly, is related to the shifting of conception on the relationship between Islam, as normative values, and Indonesia, as the context for its implementation. At first, PKS tends to produce a cadre who has strong characters such as a pious cadre and loyal to the party. Majority of the elite party failed to represent themselves at the Parliament. Then, they develop political education which produces activists who are capable of accommodating Islamic values to the political calculation. At last, PKS follows the market demand of middle class Muslims who aspire to produce the religious and modern young Muslim generation. By so doing, PKS is able to expand its political influence amongst the people, especially the Muslim.

The teaching of Civic Education in Indonesia, epeciaIly on politics, from the perspeane if its content is the most dynamic element in comparison to moral and laui Tbis rapid change due to rrformatinn undergpne in Indonesia since May, 20 1998 or often is called astransitional democracy. In the period of transitional democracy since tbat time up to the end of 2006, many aspects of political affair has been changing radically both in superstrnctures and in infrastruc­tures politic. As a result, the teaching of civic education, especially on politic as its materials, needs of handling of political cases accurately. The goal is to avoid misconception; its ap­proaches, aswell asits methods of teaching. In accordance with dynamicd deulopment if Indonesian politic, it is necessary to maleke paradigm change, namely rearucturing and reimenting paradigm. This is includes orientation, oariadum; mabods of teaching, approadxs, etc. In this context, the change of its materials is radical ones. Some of them are amendments of Indonesia constitution, the change of super­structure politic such asthe establishment of newly institution such asDPD, MK, and the estahli9Jment some national commissions such asKY, KPK, and KPU The signiJiccmt change also occurred in infrastructures politic, namely the establiIhment of multiparty system. As results, in the pretnous eras the election of president, governor, mayor, and bead of regency or bttfX11i toee elected by DPR and DPRD, since the issuing of UU NO. 12/2003 the man win runs for those positions is elected direcdy by the people.