scholarly journals Local Governments in Rural West Bengal, India and their Coordination with Line Departments

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhaskar Chakrabarti ◽  
Raghabendra Chattopadhyay ◽  
Suman Nath
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Constitutional Amendment ◽  
Model Case ◽  
Village Level ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Body ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Village

In India, the 73rd constitutional amendment of 1992 decentralises agriculture, irrigation, health, education along with 23 other items to the Panchayats, the village level self-government body. It is envisaged that the three-tier Panchayat system at the District, Block and the Village level would coordinate with different ‘line departments’ of the government for planning various schemes and their implementation. In West Bengal, a state in eastern India, where the Panchayats were revitalised before the constitutional amendment, the initial years were marked by strong coordination between the Panchayats and other departments, especially land and agriculture, making West Bengal a ‘model’ case for the Panchayats. However, where service delivery through the Panchayats has been criticised in recent years, the disjuncture between Panchayats and the line departments is a cause for alarm. In this paper, we search for the causes behind the low level of coordination between government departments and the Panchayat at each tier. We analyse the complex process of organisational coordination that characterises decentralisation, and show how decision making in local governments is nested within various levels of hierarchy. The study focuses on the formal structures of coordination and control with regard to decision-making between the Panchayats and the line departments. We show how these processes work out in practice. These involve lack of role definition, problems of accountability, and politics over access to resources and relations of power within, as well as outside, the Panchayat.

scholarly journals ANALISIS PEMBERDAYAAN PEREMPUAN DESA (Studi di Desa Bulutengger Kecamatan Sekaran Kabupaten Lamongan)

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Weni Rosdiana
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Family Welfare ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Village Level ◽  
Critical Awareness ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Village

The purpose of this study described the empowerment in terms of empowerment dimensions and form of women empowerment in the Bulutengger village. This type of research was qualitative descriptive. The results of this study showed that the dimensions of the women empowerment in the  Bulutengger village consists of women's welfare dimension, participation dimension, access dimensions, critical awareness dimensions and  control dimensions. In addition, the form of women's empowerment in the Bulutengger village on empowering social aspects included regular activities of the fostering family welfare, gathering and recitation. Political aspects showed that lack of rural women empowerment. It is caused rural women have not been involved in decision-making at the village level. Empowerment of women in the psychological aspects are lacking because rural women still lack the motivation to improve confidence in arguing in a public forum/village.

scholarly journals Village Forums or Development Councils: People’s participation in decision-making in rural West Bengal, India

1970 ◽  
pp. 66-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raghabendra Chattopadhyay ◽  
Bhaskar Chakrabarti ◽  
Suman Nath
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Change ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Tier System ◽  
Voting Age ◽  
Village Council ◽  
The Government ◽  
Left Front ◽  
The Village

The policy shift towards decentralisation promises important social change in rural India, providing as it does a three-tier system of local self-governments, the Panchayats: at the village level, the district level, and an intermediate level between the two, called the Block Panchayat. There is evidence of far-reaching social change in rural West Bengal, a state in eastern India, after the Left Front government came into power, particularly because of revitalisation of the three-tier Panchayat system. The initial years of Left Front rule saw the village poor enthusiastically attending Panchayat meetings and taking part in decision-making at the village council, the Gram Sabha, the general body of villagers of voting age covering 10-12 villages, and the Gram Sansad, the forum of local democracy at the ward level. However, today, relatively few people in the villages are taking part in government-sponsored initiatives. Panchayat meetings are scarcely attended and almost always exclude certain classes and members of the community. In order to combat the problem, the Government of West Bengal has recently tried to further devolve the power and responsibilities of local government and has established Gram Unnayan Samiti (GUSs) or Village Development Councils, consisting of political members from both elected and the opposition parties and certain nominated members. The GUSs are supposed to bring in more participation at the grassroots level. In this paper, we study the formal policies regarding decentralisation and people’s participation in West Bengal, and analyse the dynamics of political processes regarding decision-making at operational level after the introduction of GUS. We have analysed audio recordings of meetings of the Gram Sabhas and the dynamics of the newly formed GUSs to uncover the actual rate of people’s participation, actual meeting procedures and reasons behind people’s reluctance to participate. We argue that solutions lie in having a strong third-tier in order to address issues of lack of transparency and accountability in decision-making, and make recommendations as to how that might be achieved.

scholarly journals Kebijakan Pengendalian HIV/AIDS di Denpasar

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Tri Rini Puji Lestari
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
District Health ◽  
Aids Epidemic ◽  
The Government ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
And Control ◽  
The City ◽  
Government Perspective ◽  
Hiv Aids

Secara nasional, Indonesia telah mengantisipasi epidemi HIV/AIDS, tetapi jumlah kasus HIV/AIDS di Provinsi Bali dari tahun ke tahun memperlihatkan peningkatan yang semakin mengkhawatirkan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui perkembangan jumlah kasus dan kebijakan penanggulangan HIV/AIDS di Denpasar. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif yang dilakukan di Denpasar pada tanggal 11-17 September 2011. Sampel penelitian ini menggunakan informan terpilih yaitu kepala bappeda, pejabat Dinas Kesehatan Kabupaten Denpasar, direktur rumah sakit, puskesmas, ketua komisi penanggulangan AIDS di kabupaten/kota dan pemerhati HIV/AIDS termasuk ODHA. Penelitian menemukan jumlah kasus HIV/AIDS di Kota Denpasar yang tertinggi dan penularan terbesarnya melalui hubungan seks. Namun, dukungan pemerintah daerah dalam upaya pencegahan dan penanggulangan HIV/AIDS terlihat belum maksimal. Padahal kebijakan penanggulangan HIV/AIDS sangat ditentukan oleh cara pandang pemerintah terhadap penyakit HIV/AIDS. Untuk itu, perlu peningkatan pemahaman tentang HIV/AIDS serta pencegahan dan penanganan semua pihak terkait sehingga penanggulangan HIV/AIDS dapat lebih efektif, efisien, dan tepat sasaran.Nationally, Indonesia anticipated HIV/AIDS epidemic, but the number of cases of HIV/AIDS in Bali province from year to year showed an increase in the increasingly alarming. This study aimed to determine the number of cases and the development of policies on HIV / AIDS in Denpasar. This research was conducted using qualitative methods in Denpasar on 11-17 September 2011. The study sample was selected using the informant is head of planning, Denpasar District health officers, the director of the hospital, health center, chairman of the commission on AIDS in the district/city and observer of HIV / AIDS, including people living with HIV. The study found the number of cases of HIV / AIDS in the city of Denpasar is the highest and greatest transmission through sexual intercourse. However, the support of local governments in efforts to prevent and control HIV/AIDS looks not maximized. In fact the policy of HIV/AIDS is largely determined by the government perspective on HIV / AIDS. To that end, should be an increased understanding of HIV/AIDS as well as prevention and treatment of all parties concerned. So that HIV/ AIDS can be more effective, efficient, and targeted.

scholarly journals 7.1. METHODICAL ASPECTS OF EVALUATING THE INFORMATION OPENNESS OF A LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT BODY

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
А.Г. Атаева ◽  
А.В. Дунаева
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Russian Regions ◽  
Organization Of Work ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Body ◽  
Comprehensive Indicator

В статье анализируется опыт регионов Российской Федерации по оценке информационной открытости органов государственной власти и органов местного самоуправления. Предлагается комплексный показатель информационной открытости органа местного самоуправления, который включает в себя сводные показатели работы органа власти с населением, качества и посещаемости официального сайта, активности работы органа власти в социальных сетях, качества организации работы со средствами массовой информации, удовлетворенности населения информационной открытостью. The article analyzes the experience of Russian regions in assessing the informational openness of state authorities and local governments. A comprehensive indicator of the information openness of the local government is proposed, which includes summary indicators of the work of the government with the population, the quality and attendance of the official website, the activity of the government on social networks, the quality of the organization of work with the media, and public satisfaction with information openness.

scholarly journals IMPLEMENTASI KEBIJAKAN BANTUAN PROGRAM INTERVENSI BAGI MASYARAKAT MISKIN TAHUN 2016

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mukti Sumarsono
Keyword(s):  
Intervention Program ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
District Level ◽  
Intervention Programs ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Village Level ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Village

The research in this thesis was motivated by the implementation of intervention programs for the poor where the aim of implementing this program was to improve the welfare of the poor, as well as to reduce poverty. The formulation of the problem in the writing of this thesis is (1) How is the effectiveness of the intervention program assistance carried out by the government to reduce the number of poor people. (2). What factors are supporting or inhibiting the implementation of intervention program assistance for the poor. The research method, this study uses a qualitative approach with the type of descriptive research. The dissemination activities turned out that not all villages carried out these activities for various reasons such as fear of protests from their citizens. There are also those who do unofficially when there are activities in the environment. Actually, the implementation of this socialization has already been carried out with implementation instructions which are carried out in stages from the district level and continued to the sub-district level and continued to the village level. At this time at the village level, problems often occur.

scholarly journals Local Strongmen At The Village Level: The Conflict Of The Demolition Of The First Raja Brawijaya ‘Petilasan’ At Sudimoro Village, Jombang

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Mirojul Huda ◽  
Novy Setia Yunas
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Local Area ◽  
Local Elites ◽  
Village Level ◽  
Local Actors ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Village

Having been enacted since 2014, the Act No. 6/2014 has given a spirit and a huge authority to the villages in developing their potential resources. Unfortunately, those special authorities have not been fcollowed by the leadership’s capacity of the village’s head. This paper attempts to analyze the rise of local actors so-called local strongmen at the village level. This study uses Sidel (1999) perspective on how to seek local strongmen in local area at Sudimoro Village, Megaluh District in Jombang Regency. In case, the head of Sudimoro village produces a despotic action by unloading and dredging the historical land where there was a petilasan from King of Majapahit, well-known as Raja Brawijaya 1. Then, this action eventually triggered a conflict in the middle of its society and has been solved after the hall of cultural heritage of the government of Jombang Regency has intervened. This paper concluded that the high of authority and power would potentially rise the new local strongmen at the village level. Therefore, the existence of the principle of recognition and subsidiarity owned by the village is only used by a few local elites for their interests without any accountability and accessibility for the society. 

scholarly journals Supervision and Control of The Government Internal Supervisory Apparatus in The Implementation of Regional Autonomy

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-69
Author(s):  
Engkus ◽  
Cecep Wahyu Hoerudin ◽  
Dedeng Yusuf Maolani
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Public Preference ◽  
Regional Autonomy ◽  
The Government ◽  
Study Techniques ◽  
And Control

The main problem of this regional autonomy research is the low competence of human resources in the New Autonomous Region of  Pangandaran Regency, which is caused by its suboptimal implementation. The purpose of this study is to describe the implementation of regional autonomy and its impact. The method used is a qualitative approach with observation, interview and library study techniques. This study concludes that the implementation of regional autonomy in Pangandaran is not yet optimal. The positive impact of regional autonomy can increase the efficiency and responsiveness of government in public services with public preference, and arouse the spirit of competition and innovation among local governments. The negative impact, the quality of public services is low, due to the transfer of authority which is often misunderstood or misused so that adequate and formal supervision and control is needed both formally and informally as well as synergy between local, provincial and central governments.

scholarly journals PERAN FORUM PENGURANGAN RESIKO BENCANA DESA PASAWAHAN KABUPATEN GARUT DALAM KESIAPSIAGAAN BENCANA

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
. Handriyana ◽  
Sofyan Cholid
Keyword(s):  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Village Level ◽  
The Government ◽  
Disaster Potential ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Village

Disaster Risk Reduction Forum is an organization set up to assist the government in terms of disaster risk reduction at stage one emergency preparedness. During this Forum PRB only until the district / city level, in Garut regency are Forum PRB to the village level in the village Pasawahan. PRB Forum Pasawahan Village is a forum that embodies elements of society that focuses on disaster risk reduction. Therefore in this paper will discuss the role of the forum on disaster risk reduction (DRR) Pasawahan Desa Garut district in an effort to improve disaster preparedness. Qualitative approach is used with a descriptive design and data collection methods are in depth interview, documentation study, and field observation. PRB Forum in Pasawahan Village is an organization formed independently by the community with the purpose of reducing high disaster risk in Pasawahan Village. The presence of PRB forum on a village level became an interesting attention to conduct disaster preparedness in Pasawahan Village, which has a high disaster potential. The result of this research shows is PRB Forum in Pasawahan Village conducted a series of preparedness to create a disaster preparedness

scholarly journals Dominasi Kuasa pada Pemilihan Kepala Desa Serentak di Kabupaten Halmahera Selatan Provinsi Maluku Utara

ARISTO ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 204
Author(s):  
Marno Wance ◽  
Raoda M. Djae
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Political Power ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Study Material ◽  
Village Level ◽  
Political Choices ◽  
The Village

Political power occurring in the village heads elections is a part of political power contestation wave started simultaneously in 2015. South Halmahera Regency is one of the regions participating in this political power contestation. At the contestation process, it is seen that the village residents are divided into some divisions based on their political choices. This situation continues to happen in the simultaneous village head elections in South Halmahera Regency in 2016. It attracts political actors to be involved in intervening power and dominance to win the contestation. Therefore, political power is used to carry out the basis of consolidation for winning the elections. This political power treats long-term power because the greater base of political power at the village level has been formed. The expected benefit of this study is to expand our horizon on political power issues, particularly in the village head elections context. Practically, this study can contribute to study material from various interested parties to analyze electoral conflicts that occur at the lowest level such as at Babang Village and Marabose Village. Besides that, the study also sees the involvement of regional actors and local governments in intervening to dominate power using the authority they have.

Initial Northern Iroquoian Coalescence

2018 ◽  
pp. 89-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Birch ◽  
Ronald F. Williamson
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Organization ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Regional Networks ◽  
Village Level ◽  
The Social ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Village

Northern Iroquoian societies experienced two phases of community coalescence, one in the thirteenth century, which brought semi-sedentary populations together into the first true villages, and a second phase two centuries later that created large palisaded settlements. This chapter is primarily concerned with the first wave of village formation and the changes in social organization and gender and power relations that accompanied the transition to sedentism. This included more formalized decision-making at the village level as well as the development of recursive entanglements between regional networks defined by kin- and clan-based relations and materialized through ritual and mortuary programs. We argue that transformations in the social and physical labor performed by males and females at the village and regional levels is key to understanding this transition.

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