Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Distributional Politics and Social Protection in Indonesia: Dilemma of Layering, Nesting and Social Fit in Jokowi’s Poverty Policy

Distributional Politics and Social Protection in Indonesia: Dilemma of Layering, Nesting and... <p>Abstract:</p><p>Social protection policies involve distributional politics and practices that pose significant challenges. Focusing on Indonesia, where such policies are rapidly expanding, this paper discusses two programmes most relevant to the poor—the rice for welfare (Rastra) scheme and the conditional cash transfer (PKH) programme. We elaborate on the tensions between a “layered” approach to social protection (where new institutional arrangements are placed on top of, or alongside existing ones) and a “nested” approach (where community-level distribution principles are located within wider state arrangements). The paper concludes that Indonesia is still looking for a welfare regime that is compatible with its political-economic situation and cultural practices. This study argues that, to improve the “fit” of social protection policies, policymakers will need to take a more polycentric approach, allowing the state-supported targeting logic to accommodate the social ethics and moral concerns of the country’s rural poor.</p> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png ASEAN Economic Bulletin Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

Distributional Politics and Social Protection in Indonesia: Dilemma of Layering, Nesting and Social Fit in Jokowi’s Poverty Policy

ASEAN Economic Bulletin , Volume 35 (2) – Aug 28, 2018

Loading next page...
 
/lp/institute-of-southeast-asian-studies/distributional-politics-and-social-protection-in-indonesia-dilemma-of-1dTaD26U10

References

References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.

Publisher
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Copyright
Copyright © The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
ISSN
1793-2831

Abstract

<p>Abstract:</p><p>Social protection policies involve distributional politics and practices that pose significant challenges. Focusing on Indonesia, where such policies are rapidly expanding, this paper discusses two programmes most relevant to the poor—the rice for welfare (Rastra) scheme and the conditional cash transfer (PKH) programme. We elaborate on the tensions between a “layered” approach to social protection (where new institutional arrangements are placed on top of, or alongside existing ones) and a “nested” approach (where community-level distribution principles are located within wider state arrangements). The paper concludes that Indonesia is still looking for a welfare regime that is compatible with its political-economic situation and cultural practices. This study argues that, to improve the “fit” of social protection policies, policymakers will need to take a more polycentric approach, allowing the state-supported targeting logic to accommodate the social ethics and moral concerns of the country’s rural poor.</p>

Journal

ASEAN Economic BulletinInstitute of Southeast Asian Studies

Published: Aug 28, 2018

There are no references for this article.