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COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT DECISION MAKING: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF MODELS AND IMPLEMENTATION Selvi Diana Meilinda; Arum Apriyani; Azharisman Rozie; Hendayana
J-3P (Jurnal Pembangunan Pemberdayaan Pemerintahan) Vol. 10 No. 2 (2025): Volume 10 Nomor 2:
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This study presents a systematic review of community empowerment in local government decision-making, with a focus on prevailing models and patterns of implementation. A structured search of Scopus and Google Scholar identified more than 800 initial records. Following PRISMA procedures, 62 studies met the inclusion criteria and were analysed in depth. Data were extracted and coded by geographical context, type of participatory model, degree of citizen influence, process quality, level of institutionalization, political commitment, and reported policy outcomes. The synthesis identifies several main configurations of community empowerment and shows that the expansion of participatory mechanisms at the local level has not been accompanied by a consistent deepening of citizen power; most initiatives remain at low to moderate levels of influence. Higher empowerment scores tend to be associated with better-designed participatory processes and stronger policy outcomes, but these relationships are conditional rather than deterministic. Institutionalization and political commitment emerge as enabling conditions, yet they are not sufficient on their own to ensure substantive power sharing. Overall, the findings indicate that community empowerment in local government is highly dependent on institutional design, political context, and deliberate strategies for inclusion, accountability, and redistribution, rather than on the mere adoption of participatory instruments.
Does Bureaucratic Downsizing Improve Indonesian Local Government Performance? Azharisman Rozie; Heru Sulistiyo
Jurnal Sipakatau: Inovasi Pengabdian Masyarakat Vol. 3 No. 5 (2026): August
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Bureaucratic downsizing is widely promoted as a strategy for improving public-sector efficiency by reducing hierarchical layers and accelerating decision-making. However, whether structural simplification actually improves local-government performance remains contested, particularly in decentralized administrative systems. This study examines how bureaucratic downsizing affects local-government performance in Indonesia and identifies the organizational mechanisms underlying its consequences. Using a qualitative comparative case-study design, the study analyzes documentary evidence and semi-structured interviews with officials involved in bureaucratic reform and organizational management. The findings indicate that downsizing can improve performance when reducing hierarchical layers genuinely simplifies administrative processes, strengthens decision-making flexibility, and redistributes authority to competent officials. However, structural reduction can also generate coordination problems, increased managerial workloads, role ambiguity, and weakened supervision when responsibilities remain unchanged. The study concludes that downsizing does not automatically produce a more effective bureaucracy. Its effectiveness depends on functional simplification, organizational capacity, appropriate authority redistribution, and redesigned coordination and accountability mechanisms.