Conflict management in Indonesia’s post-authoritarian democracy: resource contestation, power dynamics and brokerage

Diprose, Rachael; Azca, Muhammad Najib

doi:10.1080/14678802.2019.1705074

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“…Over the course of Indonesia's democratisation and decentralisation, one authority that has been delegated to local governments is the authority to issue extraction permits (Diprose & Azca, 2020). This has significantly transformed local political and economic power structures throughout the country, and each area has developed its own specific economic and political structures that reflect its unique socio-historical, economic, and geographical conditions.…”

Section: Future Of Democratisation: Rediscussing Political Opportunitmentioning

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“…At the same time, decentralisation has intensified competition between local actors in their efforts to control the distribution of resources and related benefits (Diprose & Azca, 2020). McCarthy (2004) argues that decentralisation has created an unstable socio-legal configuration, and this implies conflict in the natural resource sector.…”

Section: Future Of Democratisation: Rediscussing Political Opportunitmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Since the fall of Suharto's authoritarian regime, Indonesia's transition to democracy has coincided with the rise of the arrival of extractive industries, which stimulate land disputes and opposition to mining activities (Diprose & Azca, 2020;Manalu, 2007;Situmorang, 2013).…”

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“…This article also seeks to explore the future of narrow political settlement, answering the question posed by Diprose and Azca (2020): what will happen to political settlement when brokers fail, and what will happen when the environmental consequences of natural resource extraction are so extreme that potential benefits are deemed insignificant? (Diprose & Azca, 2020). In this article, the economic and political dynamics of the extractive industries in Bangka will be used to represent a narrow political settlement (clientelist political settlement) that has succeeded, while those in Belitung will be used to represent one that failed.…”

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Civil society movements have occupied an important position in Indonesia's democratisation. This article seeks to determine why anti-offshore tin mining movements in the post-authoritarian era failed in Bangka but succeeded in East Belitung, an area where tin mining has historically been important. By analysing the political opportunity structures and political settlement mechanisms involved, this article argues, first, that the movement's success in East Belitung can be attributed to open political access, fragmentation within elite circles, and alliances with influential elites; such political opportunities were not available in Bangka. Second, in Bangka, the local bourgeoisie and brokers used clientelistic approaches in their political settlement and prevented resistance by co-opting local communities within the extraction chain. In East Belitung, meanwhile, such efforts were stymied by the lack of local bourgeoisie, the strength of environmental awareness, and the availability of alternative economic resources. It may thus be concluded that, while a clientelistic approach to settlement may prevent conflict, it also limits the political participation of civil society movements—an important element of democracy.

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This article explores how empowerment-focused Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) traverse scales and perform brokerage functions in helping rural women from marginal groups to connect to and influence powerholders in Indonesia. It identifies three brokerage mechanisms activated by these CSOs: brokering marginal groups' power bases through strengthening organising structures and sources of knowledge/resources; brokering spaces for women's influence on powerholders; and brokering networks with other women and authoritative actors to build supporting coalitions. The article also illustrates that contexts shape how CSO interventions affect change: heavy, resource-intensive 'thick' brokerage strategies were important in deeply patriarchal contexts, whereas 'thin' brokerage strategies had some effects in places already more conducive to improving gender equity.

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Post-suharto Democratization and State of Islamist Populism

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Conflict management in Indonesia’s post-authoritarian democracy: resource contestation, power dynamics and brokerage

Cited by 15 publications

References 51 publications

Why have Anti-Offshore Tin Mining Movements Failed in Bangka but Succeeded in East Belitung? Political Opportunity Structures and Political Settlement in the Context of Indonesia's Democratic Future

Why have Anti-Offshore Tin Mining Movements Failed in Bangka but Succeeded in East Belitung? Political Opportunity Structures and Political Settlement in the Context of Indonesia's Democratic Future

Brokerage, power and gender equity: How empowerment‐focused civil society organisations bolster women's influence in rural Indonesia

Post-suharto Democratization and State of Islamist Populism

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