TY - JOUR
T1 - The Capitalize of Village Funds for Organizing Community Change
AU - Setia Putra, Imam Radianto Anwar
AU - Adi, Isbandi Rukminto
AU - Soesanta, Prabawa Eka
PY - 2023/7/6
Y1 - 2023/7/6
N2 - The Village Fund became a national policy that began in 2015 to support the development in villages. The capitalization of village funds is expected to bring about changes in society to improve welfare. The research objective is to describe and analyze the capitalization of village funds for organizing the process of change in village communities. This study attained data through in-depth interviews, field observations, and documentation studies. The excerpt of research theme to fill existing research gaps currently. There were two research locations that were selected by considering the achievements in village measurement and located in one rural area (district), such as the villages of Sukmajaya and Sasakpanjang in Bogor Regency. Village funds are used to support development activities and community empowerment to make changes. The capitalization of village funds is determined by the power of government elites by utilizing regulatory instruments as a guide from the central government to achieve processes and activities accomplished with the community. Societal changes that occur based on ownership of authority are the basis for encouraging societal change. This resulted in the village government as the main actor and the community with limited decision-making in accessing village development activities. In the end, village elites organized their own actions to bring about change. By paying close attention to the detailed provisions of the regulations presented as the basis for determining activities, they do not depart from the needs of the local community. Nevertheless, this was merely to implement and facilitate the capitalization of village funds in the two villages. Organizing was accomplished relying on a village government system that was too bureaucratic thus the community's ability to process the required changes was limited.
AB - The Village Fund became a national policy that began in 2015 to support the development in villages. The capitalization of village funds is expected to bring about changes in society to improve welfare. The research objective is to describe and analyze the capitalization of village funds for organizing the process of change in village communities. This study attained data through in-depth interviews, field observations, and documentation studies. The excerpt of research theme to fill existing research gaps currently. There were two research locations that were selected by considering the achievements in village measurement and located in one rural area (district), such as the villages of Sukmajaya and Sasakpanjang in Bogor Regency. Village funds are used to support development activities and community empowerment to make changes. The capitalization of village funds is determined by the power of government elites by utilizing regulatory instruments as a guide from the central government to achieve processes and activities accomplished with the community. Societal changes that occur based on ownership of authority are the basis for encouraging societal change. This resulted in the village government as the main actor and the community with limited decision-making in accessing village development activities. In the end, village elites organized their own actions to bring about change. By paying close attention to the detailed provisions of the regulations presented as the basis for determining activities, they do not depart from the needs of the local community. Nevertheless, this was merely to implement and facilitate the capitalization of village funds in the two villages. Organizing was accomplished relying on a village government system that was too bureaucratic thus the community's ability to process the required changes was limited.
KW - Social Development
KW - Community Change
KW - Organization of Village Funds
UR - https://ijssrr.com/journal/article/view/1293
U2 - 10.47814/ijssrr.v6i7.1293
DO - 10.47814/ijssrr.v6i7.1293
M3 - Article
SN - 2700-2497
VL - 6
SP - 95
EP - 111
JO - International Journal of Social Science Research and Review
JF - International Journal of Social Science Research and Review
IS - 7
ER -