Decentralisation and village governance in Indonesia
The return to the nagari and the 2014 Village Law
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14800142 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jacqueline A C Vel (Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies, corresponding author), Adriaan Bedner (0000-0002-7282-1620, Leiden University), A W Bedner |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 493-507 |
| Publication date | 2015-09-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0732-9113 • E-ISSN: 2305-9931 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07329113.2015.1109379 |
| OpenAlex | W2253991222 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 16 |
This article looks at the work of Franz and Keebet von Benda-Beckmann on decentralisation and village governance in Indonesia.1. When writing about Franz von Benda-Beckmann's work on village government, one automatically writes about the work by his wife Keebet as well, because they have always co-authored the articles on this subject. We will, therefore, not try to make an artificial distinction between their respective contributions to this field. It discusses the main findings of their magnum opus ‘Political and Legal Transformations of an Indonesian Polity: The Nagari from Colonisation to Decentralisation’. Compared to other regions, West Sumatra presents a unique case, as it translated the post-Suharto decentralisation into a return to a traditional customary (adat) government structure – the nagari. How can we explain such an unusual turn, which happened nowhere else in Indonesia? This question is relevant to current political debates in Indonesia following the enactment of the 2014 Village Law. That Law explicitly presents the option for a return to adat structures in other regions as well, while granting villages more autonomy. Our central question is whether the same factors that promoted the ‘return to the nagari’ are likely to facilitate a similar process elsewhere in Indonesia. What can practitioners, policy-makers and researchers engaged in the latest wave of village governance transformations in Indonesia learn from the experiences in West Sumatra
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| Unique citing works | 22 |
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| Citations per year | 2,44 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |