Social and Political Climbing, Elite Capture, and Democracy in the Current Indonesian Village

Bejo Untung, Semiarto A. Purwanto

2018

Abstract

The paper will describe the history of inequality of state-society relations in Indonesia through case studies on current village politics and governance. For decades, during the New Order, the villages became became subordinate to the state. The forms of leadership, recruitment, and succession, for example, are regulated by the state through the Village Law No. 5/1979. When the law was changed by the new Village Law No. 22/1999, the villager’s participation in village administration was rising, among others through village council or Badan Permusyawaratan Desa. Five years later the Law was amended by the newer Village Law No. 6/2004 which is believed will make village democracy better. Through ethnographic observations, we finds out how the state agenda outlined in the formal rules govern the existing political structure at the village level. Our study in Pabuaran Village, Sukamakmur District, Bogor Regency, West Java, shows the rise of elite capture, elite control, and the dynamics of actors that are often different from the formal regulations. The political situation at the national level and the interconnection of villages with urban areas we consider very instrumental in promoting vertical mobility at the village level.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Untung B. and A. Purwanto S. (2018). Social and Political Climbing, Elite Capture, and Democracy in the Current Indonesian Village.In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI, ISBN 978-989-758-458-9, pages 348-355. DOI: 10.5220/0009930303480355

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icri18,
author={Bejo Untung and Semiarto A. Purwanto},
title={Social and Political Climbing, Elite Capture, and Democracy in the Current Indonesian Village},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,},
year={2018},
pages={348-355},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009930303480355},
isbn={978-989-758-458-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,
TI - Social and Political Climbing, Elite Capture, and Democracy in the Current Indonesian Village
SN - 978-989-758-458-9
AU - Untung B.
AU - A. Purwanto S.
PY - 2018
SP - 348
EP - 355
DO - 10.5220/0009930303480355