Energy subsidies and their impact on fishing communities in Indonesia

Abdul Malik, Asmiati (2019). Energy subsidies and their impact on fishing communities in Indonesia. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

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Abstract

This thesis illustrates how fishing communities in Indonesia are impacted by policies surrounding energy subsidies in Indonesia. Most studies around the world about energy subsidies tend to take a neoclassical economic or quantitative approach. Only a few studies analyse energy subsidies policy from political-economic approaches. This study aims to fill this gap by investigating the motives behind the formulation of energy subsidies and the impact of energy subsidies policy on fishing communities. In so doing, it does not neglect the importance of macroeconomic data, but proposes that we need to combine macroeconomic approaches with a detailed and contextualised understanding of the socio-political environments within which such subsidies are introduced. The study considers the nature of energy products (fossil fuels) as a public good and examines the complex and different actors involved in this area of economic and political activity. Evidence is collected from extensive fieldwork in the three provinces of South Sulawesi, North Maluku and West Papua, in Indonesia.
The findings show that the policies around energy subsidies are often used as political rent for politicians and presidents to gain support from voters. They also demonstrate the varying impact of energy subsidies on fishing communities in different provinces and districts of Indonesia.

Type of Work:

Thesis (Doctorates > Ph.D.)

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Doctorates > Ph.D.

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