Bio-Politics and Cultural Rubric on the Prevention of Corruption of Village Funds in Wonogiri Regency

Abstract

Corruption prevention in Indonesian villages is generally limited to the formal and informal dichotomy. To bridge this dichotomy, this research uses a bio-political approach and a cultural framework as a representation of the formal and informal. This research aims to explore bio-politics and cultural frameworks in preventing corruption in village funds in Sendang Village, Wonogiri. Using phenomenological qualitative research methods and triangulation, the results show that Sendang Village in Wonogiri has become a prime example of transparency and accountability prior to the recommendation from Transparency International Indonesia (TII) in 2023. Sendang Village also issued various regulations and utilized inherent and extrinsic village values to build massive corruption prevention practices. Despite the dynamics and issues arising from the simultaneous application of the bio-political and cultural frameworks, corruption prevention efforts in Sendang Village continue to be built consistently. The research has implications for bridging the dichotomy between formal and informal corruption prevention in the village. In addition, this research also provides an in-depth description and different perspectives in the research of corruption prevention at the village level.