Communication Strategies of the Provincial Government of Bali for a Benoa Bay Reclamation Conflict Resolution in 2016-2017
- DOI
- 10.2991/icosihess-19.2019.83How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- communication strategy, opinion leader, local wisdom, feasibility study, participatory tokenism
- Abstract
This research aims to describe communication strategy models of Provincial Government of Bali in resolving a reclamation conflict of Benoa Bay. The reclamation refusal led by Forum Masyarakat Bali (ForBali) hampered the reclamation project, mentioned on Presidential Regulation No. 51/2014. Even though the Provincial Government of Bali were not an executor, they attempted several plans to succeed the reclamation project. This study was descriptive qualitative research which the data were gathered through in-depth interviews and documentation. Research participants were provincial government officials of Bali engaged in communication with Balinese people. The data were analyzed using an interactive analysis and data validity employed triangulation. Research findings showed that the Provincial Government of Bali applied a participatory approach of tokenism. As a planning stage, the government undertook feasibility studies (environmental impact assessments), in spite of only a few, through communicating with the people interactively, functioning ‘kelihan’ as an opinion leader, and interacting with local wisdom A position of the Provincial Government of Bali as an intermediary of central government turned an obstacle factor in effectiveness of communication strategy implementation. Besides, local wisdom which considers water, oceans, and mountains are sacred became the second obstacle factor
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- © 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Suciati AU - Nur Sofyan PY - 2019/10 DA - 2019/10 TI - Communication Strategies of the Provincial Government of Bali for a Benoa Bay Reclamation Conflict Resolution in 2016-2017 BT - Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Sustainable Innovation 2019 – Humanity, Education and Social Sciences (IcoSIHESS 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 479 EP - 483 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/icosihess-19.2019.83 DO - 10.2991/icosihess-19.2019.83 ID - 2019/10 ER -