Abstract
This paper is a literature study on issues, concepts, and strategies for empowerment in the discourse of development in Indonesia. The discourse of community empowerment in Indonesia's national development, in principle, is not something new. Philosophically and normatively, the ideals of community empowerment as the goal of national development have been strengthened in the 1945 Constitution as the constitutional foundation of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia. However, at the practical level, these ideal goals are not implemented in the implementation of the national development program. Poverty and inequality are still crucial issues, even though the Reformation era, which represents a democratic government, has been running for two decades.
Highlights
During the New Order era, the orientation of national development focused more on material achievements or economic development and paid less attention to human development
The program, which was initially considered successful in increasing the country's economic growth rate, left several social, cultural, economic, and political problems that must be suffered by the Indonesian people
In the Reformation era, it is hoped that social transformation will occur related to the orientation of development programs that rely on economic strength and the central role of capital owners towards a community-based development model
Summary
During the New Order era, the orientation of national development focused more on material achievements or economic development and paid less attention to human development. Community empowerment is a major issue in today's national development programs and orientation The emergence of this community-based development model is based on the experience of the failure of Indonesia's national development strategies and policies in the past and the experiences of developed countries which encourage a reorientation and change in development paradigms from the economy as a central to humans as the main center. In the Reformation era, it is hoped that social transformation will occur related to the orientation of development programs that rely on economic strength and the central role of capital owners towards a community-based development model (community empowerment) To actualize these changes, a government commitment is needed to create conditions that are in favor of the welfare of the people. This means that individual empowerment without changing the four aspects above will fail
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