Village politics, culture and community-driven development: Insights from Indonesia

Authors

Anthony Bebbington, The University of Manchester
Leni Dharmawan, The World Bank, Indonesia
Erwin Fahmi, Universitas Indonesia
Scott Guggenheim, The World Bank, Indonesia

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Local governance arrangements often reflect culturally charged struggles for power as well as culturally motivated efforts to gain access to power. Yet current discussions around community-driven and decentralized development pay little attention to this nexus, at best reducing power to questions of material difference but overlooking the ways in which governance arrangements are contested. On the basis of research across three sites in Indonesia, this paper explores ways in which tensions between different cultural forms at a village level affect local governance arrangements. The conclusions explore implications for so-called community-driven approaches to development. © 2004, Sage Publications. All rights reserved.

Publication Title

Progress in Development Studies

Publication Date

1-1-2004

Volume

4

Issue

3

First Page

187

Last Page

205

ISSN

1464-9934

DOI

10.1191/1464993404ps085oa

Keywords

community-driven development, culture, decentralization, governance, Indonesia

Repository Citation

Bebbington, Anthony; Dharmawan, Leni; Fahmi, Erwin; and Guggenheim, Scott, "Village politics, culture and community-driven development: Insights from Indonesia" (2004). Geography. 521.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_geography/521