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Journal : Journal Social Humanity Perspective

Community Participation and Social Justice in Urban Sustainability Programs Irianto, Eko; Mulia, Emil; Zahra, Siti
Journal Social Humanity Perspective Vol. 3 No. 2 (2025): Journal Social Humanity Perspective
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This paper looks at how the community can play a significant role in promoting social justice in urban sustainability initiatives and how the practice of grassroots is relevant in achieving equitable and sustainable urban futures. Although sustainability initiatives have become the norm and are widely applied, these initiatives are not typically approached with managerial techniques framing them as a justice-providing mechanism but as a procedural requirement, which leads to exclusion and tokenism and marginalizes vulnerable populations. This study relies on a qualitative research design based on the in-depth interviews, focus groups discussions, and field observation within urban populations in an attempt to understand the experiences of participation, the challenge, and redefinition of participation as experienced by the bottom-up. The results show that communities implement justice in a variety of ways, among which are integration of local knowledge, solidarity networks, inclusion and engagement strategies, grassroots advocacy, and the everyday ethics of care. The practices exemplify the ways distributive, procedural, and relational aspects of justice are integrated into community everyday life and tend to fill gaps that may exist in formal institutions. This paper presents a thesis that sustainability management should remake participation not as symbolic gesture but as power-sharing process that considers communities as co-producers of justice and sustainability. This necessitates that managers should integrate equity as a guiding concept, appreciate community-based practices as a knowledge system that is legitimate and reconfigure governance institutions to enable true collaboration. This study will lead to advances in management literature by aligning sustainability, social justice and community governance, through the centrality of justice as a part of participation, and in practical terms, to the policymaker and practitioner.
Co-Authors Achmad Hufad Achmad, Faddia Risalah Agistin, Silvi Ahmad Fahrizi, Irgi Ahmad Fauzan Ainun Mardiah Al-Qadri, M. Sholehuddin Alawiah, Afriana Aldy Ferdiyansyah Alvin Hidayat, Muhammad Andayani, Eti Adindah Puspita Anggraeni , Rina Apsyara, Tamara Ardiani , Rinda Arifin, Syahrul Arsyad, Rifky Qardhawi Arsyad, Rifqi Qardhawi Aslamiah Aslamiah Asniwati Azam, Zidan Khairul A’ida, Wanda Nur Basid Fuadi, Abdul Dalimunthe, Novia Irawan Deristian, Zaidan Andra Diani Ayu Pratiwi Difana Meilani Dodi Suryadi, Dodi Dwiyanti, Ni Kadek Diani EKO IRIANTO Fadhlia, Fadhlia Fathurohman, Imron Fitri, Siti Ulfa Rifa’atul Hasanah, Siti Rabbiatul Hasibuan, Muhammad Rifky Azhar Hermansyah Hermansyah Herryandie Bronto Adi, Alexie Irvan, Mohammad Jaya, I Kadek Yuda Kartini Kartini Kurniawan Kurniawan Kurniawan, Bayu Eka Kustiawan, Winda Laparigi, Rahmawati Lawadang, Sri Rahmiyanti Magi, Bahmid I Mawaddah, Arina Maya Oktavia, Enika Maysarah, Vivi Melisa, Ade Putri Meyniar Albina Mulia, Emil Nugraha, Puput Nur Alia Abdullah, Mirna Nur Hanifah Nur Rahman, Muhammad Zahran Nurholis Nurholis, Nurholis Nurpratiwi, Yulidian Nur’aeni, Yuni Oktavia, Restina P.S, Retno Anggraeni Pebrian, Adya Permana, Rama Sandy Petra, Berta Agus Pribadi, Hasan Qhintara, Alika Faza Rahmadati, Rahmadati Ramadan, Syahrul Ramadani, Khayrani Ramadhan, Melja Ramadhan, Syahrur Gilang Ramayati, Ramayati Retsa Rizaldi Mujayapura, Muhammad Revindha, Laras Rizki, Fakhri Sajida, Inayah Salsabila, Khalishah Salsabila, Salsabila Satria, Gunawan Dwi Sholihah, Nurlailiyah Aidatus Siti Yuyun Rahayu Fitri Sofiah M.T. Subagio, Febriyana Sudarmansyah, Halwatia Malika Atsni Sumaedi, Ade SUMARNI ZAINUDDIN Swarnawati, Aminah Syamsir Syamsir Tambunan, Toman Sony Tarigan, Nur Citra Naadirah Br Uswatun Hasanah Wardaya, Sulistya Wati, Hersa Aulia Wijaya, Saif Harits Wulandari, Alia Yani Achdiani Zakia Azzahro, Umi