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Restoring the Land Grab in the Gulf Coast of Kupang Regency: Authority, Decentralization, And Local Resistances

Authors
Amir Syarifudin Kiwang1, Farid Abud Alkatiri2, *
1Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social and Political Science, Universitas Muhammadiyah Kupang, Kupang City, Indonesia, 85228
2Damar Institute of Kupang, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Kupang City, Indonesia, 85228
*Corresponding author. Email: faridabud79@gmail.com
Corresponding Author
Farid Abud Alkatiri
Available Online 26 April 2025.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-680-2_22How to use a DOI?
Keywords
authority; decentralization; institution; Kupang; land; local government
Abstract

Earlier studies have shown that the central and local government have been often used to support companies in taking over community land and has been used it for many years for investments. Sometimes the locals have been evicted from their land, as occurred in the gulf of Kupang regency by 1992 during the New Order regime; however, in this case it has recently been restored in decentralization era. This article aims to analyze how the land grab of 3.720 ha could be restored to the local community. Data has been collected through in-depth interviews, observation, and secondary data. Findings show that there is a conflict of authority between central of Indonesia and local government of Kupang regency. The powerful local government of Kupang regency has been supported by traditional institutions and the peasant community, successfully retrieved the land from a national investor, “forcing” the central government to put aside the national salt industrial agenda and accept the land as an example of land reform.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Sociological Association Conference (APSA 2024)
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Atlantis Highlights in Social Sciences, Education and Humanities
Publication Date
26 April 2025
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978-94-6463-680-2
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2667-128X
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