Problems of Good Governance in Managing Indonesia’s Borderland: The Case of Entikong Subdistrict

Rusdiono Rusdiono; Adityo Darmawan Sudagung; Jaya Addin Linando; Kartika Ningtias

doi:10.22146/jsp.90704

Problems of Good Governance in Managing Indonesia’s Borderland: The Case of Entikong Subdistrict

https://doi.org/10.22146/jsp.90704

Rusdiono Rusdiono⁽¹⁾, Adityo Darmawan Sudagung^(2*), Jaya Addin Linando⁽³⁾, Kartika Ningtias⁽⁴⁾

(1) Department of Public Administration, Universitas Tanjungpura, Indonesia
(2) Department of International Relations, Universitas Tanjungpura, Indonesia; and Department of Development Studies, University of Vienna, Austria
(3) Management Department, Faculty of Business and Economics, Universitas Islam Indonesia, Indonesia
(4) Department of Public Administration, Universitas Tanjungpura, Indonesia
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract

The present study explores the good governance processes of border management in Entikong Subdistrict. The Entikong Subdistrict in West Kalimantan is a priority district that receives special attention from Indonesian central and local governments. The Entikong border post started operating in 1989, making it the first land border in Indonesia. Nevertheless, despite its aged history and many development efforts within the area, the economic growth and welfare of the border community remained stagnant. The data for this article were collected through a field work in Entikong for four months in 2022 in which we conducted observation, interviews, and focus group discussion with local residents and government officers. This study reveals that good governance became the focal issue explaining Entikong’s lack of development by providing two problems in the border development at Entikong: 1) the government’s inconsistency on the road widening project and 2) the complexity of governance and bureaucracy. This paper further elaborates on the essence of locality in good governance practices while simultaneously addressing the authority division problems and communication towards the demands of the local community. This study argues that better public communication patterns should be implemented to avoid misunderstandings within the community and increase the participation of local citizens, government, and civil society in the development process of the border area.

Keywords

border management; decentralisation; good governance; locality; negotiating demands; public management; public participation

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22146/jsp.90704