Navigating the Hidden Politics of Water Resource Bureaucracies in Indonesia: Mapping Issue-Elements and Alliances

Sahide, Muhammad A.K. and Fisher, Micah R. and Hasfi, Nurul and Mas'ud, Emban Ibnurusyd and Yunus, Ahsan and Faturachmat, Fatwa and Larekeng, Siti Halimah and Maryudi, Ahmad (2023) Navigating the Hidden Politics of Water Resource Bureaucracies in Indonesia: Mapping Issue-Elements and Alliances. Hasanuddin Law Review, 9 (1). pp. 57-87. ISSN 24429880

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Abstract

Water resource politics are often overlooked for jurisdictional perspectives, or difficult to comprehend for the politics unfolding behind the scenes. Using Indonesia as a case study, we synthesized all water-related bureaucracies to generate a list of “Water resource Issue-Elements,” which served as a framework for translating actor-centered power dynamics. The data is based on policies reviewed from 2014 to 2017, coinciding with the beginning of a new presidential administration with heightened interests in water resource management. The study found that while the central coordinating and planning bureaucracies wield the strongest network power, two sectoral bureaucracies hold tremendous influence in guiding water resource management, which unfold under conditions of highly fragmented politics. On the one hand, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry influences water resources through its land management mandate and seeks to enlarge its bureaucratic power beyond state forest boundaries through the concept of watersheds. On the other hand, The Ministry of Public Works and Housing maintains its traditional mandate for managing river basins, wielding large budgets and networks to control information and determine project-related disbursements. As these two bureaucracies shape alliances administering water resources, their delegating responsibilities also refract to regional bureaucracies, shaping a new set of subnational contestations. © 2023, Faculty of Law, Universitas Hasanuddin. All rights reserved.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: cited By 4
Uncontrolled Keywords: Bureaucratic; Legal Policy; Water Resource; Watershed
Subjects: S Agriculture > SD Forestry
Divisions: Faculty of Forestry
Depositing User: Wiwit Kusuma Wijaya Wijaya
Date Deposited: 04 Nov 2024 04:58
Last Modified: 04 Nov 2024 04:58
URI: https://ir.lib.ugm.ac.id/id/eprint/10036

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