Realizing Social Capital Gain Through Civic Engagement: Lessons for Indonesia’s Decentralization

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10.2991/assehr.k.220108.055How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Civic Engagement; Community Engagement; Decentralization; Devolution; Policy Implementation; Social Capital

Abstract

This review aims to elaborate on the importance of social capital in handling the COVID-19 pandemic and rise discussion of social capital in the context of Indonesia’s decentralization. Based on the recommendations of this review, it is expected that Indonesia’s government can accomplish the ideals of decentralization policies. Integrative literature review method applied to 21 related studies. This review concludes that a lot of countries got benefits from social capital while tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. The social capital increases the effectiveness of the government’s policy implementation. Important aspects of social capital include trust, volunteerism, and solidarity. These can increase community compliance, help provide the community’s basic needs and streamline the implementation of a pandemic management program. The social capital itself can not contribute without good civic engagement. It implies that the government can be benefited from social capital in society through civic engagement. Good long-term civic engagement will increase the social capital account on the public balance sheet. This principle must be applied in post-COVID decentralization policies by realizing social capital gains in society through civic engagement, not utilizing decentralization for personal gains through civic disengagement. This review suggests to Indonesia’s government to carry out a mental revolution for public officials in order to foster social capital in society. The government needs to involve communities whose strong social capital to encourage a mental revolution of public officials as well as encourage civic engagement in governance, such as religious communities, volunteers/NGOs, and various communities with various kinds of interests.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Prama Wiratama
AU  - Didik Gunawan Suharto
AU  - Ismi Dwi Astuti Nurhaeni
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/01/21
TI  - Realizing Social Capital Gain Through Civic Engagement: Lessons for Indonesia’s Decentralization
BT  - Proceedings of the Annual Civic Education Conference (ACEC 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 302
EP  - 307
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220108.055
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