Community Driven Development and Structural Disadvantage: Interrogating the Social Turn in Development Programming in Indonesia

McCarthy, John F.; Steenbergen, Dirk J.; Warren, Carol; Acciaioli, Greg; Baker, Geoff; Lucas, Anton; Rambe, Vivianti

doi:10.1080/00220388.2016.1262024

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“…The implementation of CSR is considered to have significant social impacts in the relations arise between corporation and community (Cortado & Chalmeta, 2016). Besides, the implementation of CSR is also considered capable of reducing various local conflicts that may occur between corporations and communities (McCharty et al, 2017). Social relations are the type of social capital (Goodwin, 2003).…”

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Bonding, Bridging and Linking Relationships of the CSR Target Communities of PT Pertamina Refinery Unit II Sungai Pakning

Widhagdha¹,

Wahyuni²,

Sulhan³

2019

JKMJC

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PT Pertamina (Persero) Sungai Pakning Refinery Unit II as one of Indonesia's state-owned oil and gas companies has contributed to the empowerment of communities around its operational areas through the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) scheme. In carrying out CSR programs, the company pays attention to the social relations of the target communities. This study focuses on analyzing the forms of social relations of the CSR target communities and their impacts on the implementation of CSR programs of PT Pertamina (Persero) Refinery Unit II Sungai Pakning. Social relations in this study are defined into three forms of relations, namely bonding, bridging and linking, each of which has different impacts on the social conditions of the beneficiary communities. This research is based on qualitative approach, conducted in three target communities in different areas within Bengkalis Regency, Riau Province, namely Sungai Pakning Village, Sungai Selari Village, and Pangkalan Jambi Village, during the period of 2017-2018. The data were collected through in-depth interviews, observations, and documentations. The study finds various forms of social relations. Bonding relations show that intra-group bonds are important to maintain group cohesiveness. Bridging relations show that ties between groups need to be developed in order to connect each others and work together. While the linking relationships show that there is a good impact for groups that have closer relationships with the higher power institutions. These results indicate that the forms of social relations have important impacts on the implementation of CSR programs and need to be maintained through participatory communication activities in order to create sustainable social relations. This study also finds that good social relations will be strong support to raise community awareness and participation in practicing sustainable environmental management.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Bonding, Bridging and Linking Relationships of the CSR Target Communities of PT Pertamina Refinery Unit II Sungai Pakning

Widhagdha¹,

Wahyuni²,

Sulhan³

2019

JKMJC

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“…This research built on the lead author's long-term engagement since 2009 with the small community on the island of Tanimbar Kei (Steenbergen 2016, Warren and Visser 2016, McCarthy et al 2017, Steenbergen et al 2017b. For this particular study, data collection took place between 2014 and 2017 during frequent visits to the island, ranging between two to four weeks.…”

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Implementing strategies to overcome social-ecological traps: the role of community brokers and institutional bricolage in a locally managed marine area

Steenbergen¹,

Warren²

2018

E&S

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We examine collaborative arrangements for resource management between communities and external agencies, with a particular interest in how community-based interventions are integrated into local contexts. This timely inquiry comes in a period when participatory resource management approaches are increasingly being applied to overcome the perpetual cycles of poverty in which poor resource-dependent people find themselves, i.e., social-ecological traps. Much of the literature on social-ecological traps has focused on identifying conditions, factors, and responses that are important in, for example, alleviating systemic poverty or developing sustainable resource management systems. However, insufficient focus has been placed on understanding the practical processes by which strategies are implemented, and how these can reflexively affect the system itself. Drawing from a case study of a locally managed marine area in Indonesia, we examine the interactions between a nongovernment organization and a target community during the implementation of a fisheries management plan. Applying insights from rural development studies, we show how external interventions, designed to pull people out of social-ecological traps, are operationalized into forms that make them locally familiar and appropriate through actions of community brokers and processes of "institutional bricolage." We argue that as a consequence of implementing processes, such interventions should be expected to diverge from their initial science-based justification.

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“…Studies suggest the evidence is mixed. McCarthy et al (2014) find that participation in the PNPM-rural was uneven, with marginal groups most likely to be excluded due to transaction costs. When they did participate, their projects were least likely to gain approval, and there was a tendency for elites to take over leadership.…”

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“…They concluded that the identification of beneficiaries was “subjective.” Recipients of micro-finance loans were, they claimed, geographically concentrated around the homes of BKM members, and included friends and family members. The micro-finance component of the PNPM in particular had failed to reach the very poor (McCarthy et al, 2014). Several facilitators present were incensed at the findings.…”

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“…Evidence of CDD’s ability to meet these expectations is, however, mixed. Evaluations reveal failures in key-anticipated outcomes such as the participation of marginalized groups (Azarbaijani-Moghaddam, 2014; Dasgupta & Beard, 2007), the targeting of poverty programs (Baker et al, 2013), the degree of “empowerment” of marginalized groups (Triwibowo, n.d.), and the formation of social capital (McCarthy et al, 2014). Critical development studies point to the potential negative consequences of CDD, including the regulation of citizen subjects and the reinforcement, rather than reversal, of existing power relations (Carroll, 2009; Li, 2006).…”

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Negotiating Impossibilities in Community-driven Development in Indonesia

Jakimow

2018

Journal of Developing Societies

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This article examines four normative expectations of community-driven development (CDD) programs and their concomitant criticisms from the perspective of community-based volunteers (CBVs). These volunteers compromise on the ideals of CDD to achieve results. Their compromises often become the focus of criticism. In devolving limited control over development resources to the local level, CDD also devolves the responsibility for failure. Based on a case study of a CDD program in Medan, Indonesia, this article argues that the way CBVs negotiate the impossibilities of CDD in urban contexts should become the starting point for a more realistic approach to making CDD succeed.

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Community Driven Development and Structural Disadvantage: Interrogating the Social Turn in Development Programming in Indonesia

Cited by 17 publications

References 31 publications

Bonding, Bridging and Linking Relationships of the CSR Target Communities of PT Pertamina Refinery Unit II Sungai Pakning

Bonding, Bridging and Linking Relationships of the CSR Target Communities of PT Pertamina Refinery Unit II Sungai Pakning

Implementing strategies to overcome social-ecological traps: the role of community brokers and institutional bricolage in a locally managed marine area

Negotiating Impossibilities in Community-driven Development in Indonesia

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