Gender Policies of the new Developmental State: The Case of Indonesian new Participatory Village Governance

Syukri, Muhammad

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“…Some meetings that I observed in those villages were literally attended by representatives from all households in the neighbourhood, as confirmed by the neighbourhood head. The downside was that the gatherings were not attended by marginal community members, particularly women (Syukri, 2023). For example, only men attended the tablu meeting in Mawar.…”

Section: Village Policy‐making and The Missing Poormentioning

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Neglecting the poor and marginalized: Participatory village governance in Indonesia's New Developmentalist state

Syukri

2024

Development Policy Review

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MotivationsParticipatory governance is commonly implemented as an ad hoc programme to empower the citizen. In limited cases, such as Indonesia, it is institutionalized into the state bureaucracy and implemented nationwide. However, implemented by a New Developmentalist regime that is nationalistic and centralistic in its governance approach, the effectiveness of participatory institutions for overcoming issues of poverty and marginality is under question.PurposesDrawing from case studies on the implementation of the New Village Law in Indonesia, this article critically examines how the Participatory Village Governance policy has been designed and implemented by the New Developmentalist regime to address issues of poverty and marginality.MethodsThis article is based on a field monitoring study of the implementation of the Village Law at the village level, and supplemented by qualitative interviews at the village, district, and national levels with the implementing agencies of the participatory institutions and the broader community.FindingThe research findings show that the new policy of Participatory Village Governance has a narrow focus on the village economy and infrastructure to serve the interests of the New Developmentalist regime of Joko Widodo rather than the interests of the people of the village. The centralistic approach in the implementation of the new policy has also overlooked the issues of poverty and marginality, dampening the true potentials of the participatory approach.Policy implicationThe participatory approach in development and governance has huge potential, including the addressing of poverty and marginality issues. However, a centralistic approach in design and implementation, removing the political dimension of participatory approach, can jeopardize the possible outcomes. It is advised that participatory governance must be equipped with its very fundamental components, namely, political empowerment.

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Section: Village Policy‐making and The Missing Poormentioning

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Neglecting the poor and marginalized: Participatory village governance in Indonesia's New Developmentalist state

Syukri

2024

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“…6 of 2014. This was ratified on January 15, 2014, after the house of representatives of the Indonesian Republic approved it on December 18, 2013 (Jamal et al 2023, Syukri, 2023. This is also a successor to local government constitutions No.…”

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The policy of village infrastructure service in Deli Serdang Regency, Indonesia

Rangkuti,

Rangkuti

2023

Multidiscip. Rev.

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This study, conducted in Deli Serdang Regency, Indonesia, explores the challenges associated with the policy of village infrastructure service and examines the relationship between the execution of village administration programs/policies in the region. The research employed a constructivist paradigm and a qualitative approach, gathering data through in-depth interviews and discussions with various local informants. These informants included the headman, village administration secretary, members of the democratic village council-BPD, the regency secretary, and a prominent local figure. The findings reveal limited land availability as a village asset, leading to constrained construction of village structures and a lack of financial resources for new facilities. Also, historical structures are inadequately maintained, and many village roads are poorly maintained. Various factors, such as communication elements, resource availability, disposition, and organizational structure, contribute to the challenges in implementing village infrastructure service policies. To address these issues, the village collaborates with the community, businesses, and other stakeholders to solve local infrastructure problems.

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“…It is evident that organizations including the Village Renewal Development Forum, the Indonesian Village Governments Association (APDESI), Indonesian Village Apparatuses Association and several Non-Governmental Organizations engaged in rural development encourage a change in the approach of village development (Marx and Gosh 2014;Eko et al 2015; Jacqueline, Zakaria and Bedner, 2017; Syukri, 2019). Therefore, the government formulates Law Number 6 of 2014 on Villages.…”

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Village Development Initiative as an Alternative Strategy of Rural Poverty Reduction: An Evaluation of Village Fund Program in Indonesia

Putra¹

2022

IJSSHR

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Law Number 6 of 2014 on villages has been ratified due to the persistent poverty suffered by the village community. Through financial decentralization (Village Fund Program) as regulated in the law, poverty reduction policies are expected to be applied by the lowest level of government. This study aims to evaluate the contribution of the Village Law to reducing poverty. Therefore, this study is important not only to assess how deepening process of decentralization works but also evaluate its impact to reduce rural poverty in Indonesia. The study was conducted in three regions in Indonesia, namely West Sumatra, East Java, and North Maluku Provinces represents the western, central, and eastern regions of Indonesia respectively. The findings indicate that although the studied village governments did not specifically design a development program for poverty reduction in their budget, access to basic needs and public facilities improved and rural unemployment reduced significantly.

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Gender Policies of the new Developmental State: The Case of Indonesian new Participatory Village Governance

Cited by 4 publications

References 64 publications

Neglecting the poor and marginalized: Participatory village governance in Indonesia's New Developmentalist state

Neglecting the poor and marginalized: Participatory village governance in Indonesia's New Developmentalist state

The policy of village infrastructure service in Deli Serdang Regency, Indonesia

Village Development Initiative as an Alternative Strategy of Rural Poverty Reduction: An Evaluation of Village Fund Program in Indonesia

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