Rethinking Problematic Governance of Local Government in New Proliferated Regions and Their Impacts
Abstract: Regional
proliferation is a policy to improve governance of local governments upon
decentralization taken into effect since 2001 in Indonesia in order to get
public services in touch to the locals as well as further increases of
prosperity level, but it is not necessarily proven as the matter of fact. This
article gives a try to critically rethinking problematic situation of governing
new municipalities upon proliferation, taking cases from Singkawang City and
Bandung Barat Regency, to confirm previous theories. The study uses positivism
approach by employing combining qualitative and quantitative method of inquiries
through in-depth interviews to various actors, statistical analysis of
conditions in comparison between those at the time of proliferation and recent
progress, as well as content analysis of important documents. It suggests that
regional proliferation in two municipalities implies double-edged impacts; they
are opportunities to grasp local development on one side but counterproductive
results of much dependency and stagnancy in local service delivery on the other
side.
Author: Eko Prasojo, Defny
Holidin
Journal Code: jpadministrasinegaragg120034
