POST-DISASTER POLICIES AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC RECOVERY BASED ON LOCAL COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT (A CASE STUDY IN LOMBOK, INDONESIA)

Abstract

This research aims to understand post-disaster recovery, including rehabilitation and reconstruction programs in Indonesia at the ontological and sociological levels. The problem is very interesting to be analyzed by conducting qualitative research based on public policy theory and power theory. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, observation, and documentation. Data were analyzed by using interactive models are data reduction, data display, data verification, and supported by triangulation. The results were based on ontological and sociological levels using public policy perspectives and power perspectives to develop a proposed model on post-disaster recovery for improving policy and practice of post-disaster recovery. A proposed model for managing post-disaster recovery is needed for providing information to stakeholders related to the regulations in post-disaster recovery. This result provides inputs for making better regulations on post-disaster recovery in Indonesia for state agencies as public officials and practitioners.