TY - JOUR
T1 - Policy capacity, local autonomy, and human agency
T2 - tensions in the intergovernmental coordination in Indonesia’s social welfare response amid the COVID-19 pandemic
AU - Asmorowati, Sulikah
AU - Schubert, Violeta
AU - Ningrum, Ayu Puspita
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The challenges of COVID-19 have particularly invited closer attention to localised impacts and the extent that intergovernmental coordination, policy capacity, and local autonomy are implicated in the effectiveness of government responses to the pandemic. Drawing on our case study of the implementation of social safety nets in Jakarta, we explore the tensions between national-local government arising from decentralisation unfold as disjunctures between mode of governance and institutional capacity. We argue that the human factor, individuals negotiating and navigating complex and problematic systems and processes, points to human agency being central for success in the implementation, execution, and delivery of services.
AB - The challenges of COVID-19 have particularly invited closer attention to localised impacts and the extent that intergovernmental coordination, policy capacity, and local autonomy are implicated in the effectiveness of government responses to the pandemic. Drawing on our case study of the implementation of social safety nets in Jakarta, we explore the tensions between national-local government arising from decentralisation unfold as disjunctures between mode of governance and institutional capacity. We argue that the human factor, individuals negotiating and navigating complex and problematic systems and processes, points to human agency being central for success in the implementation, execution, and delivery of services.
KW - COVID-19
KW - decentralization
KW - human agency
KW - local autonomy
KW - policy capacity
KW - social safety nets
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85098652601&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/17516234.2020.1869142
DO - 10.1080/17516234.2020.1869142
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85098652601
SN - 1751-6234
VL - 15
SP - 213
EP - 227
JO - Journal of Asian Public Policy
JF - Journal of Asian Public Policy
IS - 2
ER -