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

Hasanuddin Law Review (HALREV) · Vol. UME (2023) · pp. 57–87

DOI
10.20956/halrev.v9i1.4304
ISSN
2442-9899, 2442-9880
Published
2023-02-18
Publisher
Faculty of Law, Hasanuddin University
Language
eng

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.

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  • Universitas Gadjah Mada
  • Hasanuddin University
  • Diponegoro University
  • Universitas Halu Oleo
  • East–West Center
  • Leiden University
  • Universitas Papua
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Nurhady SirimorokHasanuddin University13
Karno B. BatiranHasanuddin University8
Bart VerheijenLeiden University8
Andi SadapottoHasanuddin University5
Yubelince Y. RuntuboiUniversitas Papua4
Dwiko Budi PermadiUniversitas Gadjah Mada3
Lukas GiessenAffiliation unknown3
Dwi LaraswatiUniversitas Gadjah Mada3
Eka WulandariUniversitas Gadjah Mada3
Widodo Budi SantosoUniversitas Gadjah Mada3
Aprisep Ferdhana KusumaUniversitas Gadjah Mada3
Ema IsmarianaUniversitas Gadjah Mada3
Munajat NursaputraHasanuddin University3
Arsad RagandhiUniversitas Gadjah Mada2
Agus Heruanto HadnaUniversitas Gadjah Mada2
Setiadi SetiadiUniversitas Gadjah Mada2
Fitria Dewi SusantiUniversitas Gadjah Mada2
Muhammad Haidar DaulayRiau University2
Rinaldi SjahrilAffiliation unknown2
Feranita HaringAffiliation unknown2
Syahbudin SyahbudinUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Oheo Kaimuddin HarisUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Turnomo RahardjoDiponegoro University1
Wijayanto WijayantoDiponegoro University1
Ahsani Taqwim AminuddinPakuan University1
Jamshaid AhmedDiponegoro University1
Sunarto SunartoDiponegoro University1
Tandiyo PradeksoDiponegoro University1
Triyono LukmantoroDiponegoro University1
Sandy AllifiansyahState University of Jakarta1
Dirvamena BoerUniversitas Halu Oleo1
NAWIR NAWIRUniversitas Halu Oleo1

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	<dc:creator>Mas’ud, Emban Ibnurusyd</dc:creator>
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