Unpacking the Effect of Decentralized Governance on Routine Violence : Lessons from Indonesia

We study the effect of decentralization on routine violence in Indonesia. We unpack decentralization along multiple dimensions and consider the individual effects of local elections, the creation of new administrative units, fiscal transfers, and local public service delivery. We use comprehensive d...

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Main Authors:	Pierskalla, Jan H., Sacks, Audrey
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Elsevier 2016
Subjects:	decentralization routine violence conflict service delivery elections
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25369

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spelling	okr-10986-253692021-05-25T10:54:36Z Unpacking the Effect of Decentralized Governance on Routine Violence : Lessons from Indonesia Pierskalla, Jan H. Sacks, Audrey decentralization routine violence conflict service delivery elections We study the effect of decentralization on routine violence in Indonesia. We unpack decentralization along multiple dimensions and consider the individual effects of local elections, the creation of new administrative units, fiscal transfers, and local public service delivery. We use comprehensive data from Indonesia’s National Violence Monitoring System (NVMS), a new dataset that records the incidence and impact of violence in Indonesia. We use these data to examine the relationship between the different dimensions of decentralization and different types of local violence in Indonesian districts during 2001–10. Our analyses suggest that there is a positive association between local service delivery and at least some forms of violence. We argue that the positive effect of service delivery on violence is due to newly generated distributive conflicts among local ethnic groups around the control over and access to services. By comparison, district splitting and the introduction of direct elections of district heads are negatively associated with some forms of violence. There is little evidence that fiscal transfers, in general, mitigate conflict. 2016-11-17T15:58:22Z 2016-11-17T15:58:22Z 2016-10-18 Journal Article World Development 0305-750X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25369 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Elsevier Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Indonesia
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description	We study the effect of decentralization on routine violence in Indonesia. We unpack decentralization along multiple dimensions and consider the individual effects of local elections, the creation of new administrative units, fiscal transfers, and local public service delivery. We use comprehensive data from Indonesia’s National Violence Monitoring System (NVMS), a new dataset that records the incidence and impact of violence in Indonesia. We use these data to examine the relationship between the different dimensions of decentralization and different types of local violence in Indonesian districts during 2001–10. Our analyses suggest that there is a positive association between local service delivery and at least some forms of violence. We argue that the positive effect of service delivery on violence is due to newly generated distributive conflicts among local ethnic groups around the control over and access to services. By comparison, district splitting and the introduction of direct elections of district heads are negatively associated with some forms of violence. There is little evidence that fiscal transfers, in general, mitigate conflict.
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author	Pierskalla, Jan H. Sacks, Audrey
author_facet	Pierskalla, Jan H. Sacks, Audrey
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title	Unpacking the Effect of Decentralized Governance on Routine Violence : Lessons from Indonesia
title_short	Unpacking the Effect of Decentralized Governance on Routine Violence : Lessons from Indonesia
title_full	Unpacking the Effect of Decentralized Governance on Routine Violence : Lessons from Indonesia
title_fullStr	Unpacking the Effect of Decentralized Governance on Routine Violence : Lessons from Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed	Unpacking the Effect of Decentralized Governance on Routine Violence : Lessons from Indonesia
title_sort	unpacking the effect of decentralized governance on routine violence : lessons from indonesia
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Unpacking the Effect of Decentralized Governance on Routine Violence : Lessons from Indonesia

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