The uneven regional pattern of ecological capital in Indonesia: a political economy perspective

Abstract

This study investigates the regional pattern of ecological capital in Indonesia through the principles of political economy. In this discourse, the gap between biocapacity and ecological footprint at the regional level (provinces) indicates the difficulties of environmental sustainability. Unevenness in ecological capital patterns occurs in Indonesian provinces as the gap between biocapacity and ecological footprint is heterogeneous. To demonstrate the causes of this unevenness, the regional pattern of ecological capital is scrutinized using the principle of hegemony, the principle of circular and cumulative causation (CCC) and principle of contradiction.

Does Political Dynasty Cause Poverty?

“…If referring back to the theory that has been stated, namely the principle of contradiction (Foster, 2005;O'Hara, 2008in Samudro, 2012, the decisions in budget allocation are related to the pattern of socioeconomic transformation as a result of dominant institutional changes and the principle of cause circular cumulative consequences (Myrdal in Samudro et al, 2015), if the area of political dynasty through government policy is able to utilize the economy optimally (in this case budget management and economic potential in the era of regional autonomy), will improve welfare and reduce poverty.…”

“…Referring to the principle of circular cumulative causation (CCC), Myrdal in Samudro et al (2015), if dynasties through government policy can optimally utilize the economy (in this case the budget management and economic potential of the regional autonomy era), it will improve welfare and reduce poverty, so the government must intervene through policy so that the economic activities that come do not gather or clustered in a particular area or group. In other words, the circular in poverty is cumulative because the development benefits in aggregate with it's spread effect does not necessarily occur because of institutional constraints in distributing those benefits.…”

How Effective is the Environmental Law for the Conservation of the Leuser Ecosystem Area in Indonesia?

“…On the other hand, governments always express their commitment and support to protect the environment. Such situation has been recorded by Samudro, Bloch, and Salim (2015:258-272) as what they called hegemony, where the central and regional governments implement monopoly aspect in utilizing the natural resource in which the environmental aspects are not considered [27].…”

Determinan pertumbuhan ekonomi berkelanjutan wilayah induk dan pemekaran di kawasan timur Indonesia

“…Pertumbuhan ekonomi dan kebijakan proliferasi di kawasan timur Indonesia dapat dikaitkan dengan teori Circular and Cumulative Causation (CCC) yang mengasumsikan bahwa pertumbuhan mengalir dari pusat ke daerah sekitarnya. CCC merupakan mekanisme dimana terlihat perubahan yang ditimbulkan oleh suatu kegiatan melalui serentetan kejadian yang bersifat kumulatif dan sirkuler (Samudro et al, 2015;Schwardt, 2013;Syawie, 2013). Hal tersebut memberikan pengaruh yang merugikan (backwash effect) atau pengaruh yang menguntungkan (spread effect) terhadap pertumbuhan daerah.…”