ASMOROWATI Sulikah

Policy capacity, local autonomy, and human agency: tensions in the intergovernmental coordination in Indonesia's social welfare response amid the COVID-19 pandemic/ Sulikah Asmorowati, Violeta Schubert & Ayu Puspita Ningrum - 2022

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.


COVID-19
DECENTRALIZATION
POLICY CAPACITY
LOCAL AUTONOMY
SOCIAL SAFETY NETS--HUMAN AGENCY