Paradox of Agrarian Change

Food Security and the Politics of Social Protection in Indonesia

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

AvJohn McCarthy,Andrew McWilliam,Gerben Nooteboom

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A detailed study of the failure of poverty reduction programs in Indonesia to reduce food insecurity.Economic growth in the middle-income countries of Southeast Asia over the past few decades has been widely praised for reducing poverty in both absolute and relative terms. Indonesia is a prime example. But while poverty has declined in Indonesia, patterns of food poverty persist across Indonesia. What explains this troubling paradox? How does it relate to Indonesia’s enthusiastic embrace of the “entitlements revolution,” the use of direct cash transfers as a tool for reducing poverty and building social inclusion?This book analyzes the nature and social consequences of economic development and agrarian change processes in rural Indonesia in relation to the scope and effectiveness of Indonesia’s social protection programs. The findings are based on a series of extensive ground-up case studies in Indonesian communities in a variety of eco-agrarian settings that seek to understand the drivers of food insecurity and vulnerability at a household level. The results show that while high-value farming, diversification, and migration may offer a means of economic progress for poor households, opportunities for accumulation are limited. This, the authors show, is due to the way class, gender, and power work in remote local contexts, and the fact that much surplus income is used for enhanced consumption and changing lifestyles. There are few signs of the classical structural transformation of the countryside which has historically been considered the most decisive pathway out of rural poverty.The authors conclude that social assistance is unlikely to counter the persistence of rural poverty, food insecurity, and precarity in the absence of other redistributive strategies that shift the structural drivers of inequality.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-01-31
Mått151 x 228 x 34 mm
Vikt739 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor464
FörlagNUS Press
ISBN9789813251830

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Part One: Agrarian Change and Social ProtectionIntroduction: Rural Change, Food Security and Social Protection in IndonesiaUnderstanding Agrarian Change: Scenarios of Agricultural Development, Income Diversification, and Food Poverty in IndonesiaSocial Protection and the Challenge of Poverty in IndonesiaPart Two: The analysis and structure of rural povertyUnderstanding the Nature of Rural Change in Central JavaProgressing Sideways in the Rice Lands: Livelihood Change and Nutritional Insecurity in AcehAgrarian change, vulnerability and the community economy in Sumba Agrarian Change and Oil Palm: Poverty dynamics and food security in SumatraPoverty, Vulnerability and Social Protection in Mountain Java: The 'Haves and the Have Nots'Between the sea and a hard place: Fisheries degradation and livelihood precarity in a west Bali coastal communitySustaining Livelihoods from the Seas: Sama Bajo vulnerabilities and resilience.Part Three: Social ProtectionAre conditional cash transfers policies implementable? Social cash transfer and emergent patterns of entitlement in rural AcehThe Arrival and implementation of conditional cash transfers in JavaVillage politics, Ritual Deliberation, and the Problem of Beneficiary Mistargeting in Central Java.Conditional Cash Transfer and the Implications of Global Politics in the Development of Indonesia's Social Protection PolicyPart Four: ConclusionsAgrarian Change Scenarios and Social AssistanceConclusions and ImplicationsEpilogue: The COVID-19 Pandemic, Changing Agrarian Scenarios and Social Assistance