Democratic Legitimacy in Post Disaster Governance in Mendak Village, Indonesia
Yelladys Nuring Alifagusta (a*), Didik Gunawan Suharto (b), Rutiana Dwi Wahyuningsih (b)

a) Master of Public Administration, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Sebelas Maret University, Indonesia
*nuringyelladys[at]gmail.com
b) Master of Public Administration, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Sebelas Maret University, Indonesia

Abstract

The presence of government program called the village of resilient disaster (DESTANA) shows that disaster governance has begun to transform from a top-down to bottom up approach. The village government is the main stakeholder in managing the community for disaster. In this case democracy is made as the main pillar of vulnerable groups so that they are involved in empowering themselves after the disaster. This article aims to describe how the democracy process in post-disaster governance in Mendak Village, whether democracy is the dominant factor in restoring the economy or is there another factor that is more dominant in influencing that success. The data in this article were obtained from interviews and reviews from previous studies. The results showed that post-disaster governance was able to generate new economic resources and have an impact on improving the economy. .Although democracy exists but it turns out that all the initiations and dominant development ideas came from informal stakeholders, namely the husband of the village head who served as a Member of DPRD in Madiun District. Therefore, democratic legitimacy only seems artificial because the culture there is still "obedient" to whatever the leaders say.

Keywords: Democratic Legitimacy; Post Disaster; Governance; Participation

Topic: International Symposium on Social Sciences, Humanities, Education, and Religious Studies

Link: https://ifory.id/abstract-plain/Ck4AV6wFnWet

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