THE AFFECTING FACTORS OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING: A CASE OF KERTAWANGI VILLAGE OF BANDUNG BARAT DISTRICT

Abstract

This article aims to describe the affecting factors of community participation in rural development planning, low community participation as the problem of the rural development planning in Kertawangi Village. The method used is the descriptive qualitative method, data collection techniques used were observation, interview and documentation. The technique of data analysis is the inductive basis; data reduction, data presentation, data interpretation and conclusion. The result shows that the main affecting factor of community participation in Kertawangi village’s development planning is the lack of community knowledge on rural development planning process. Other affecting factors are the lack of openness of the village government apparatus to accept community participation in the process of rural development planning, lack of regulatory support that briefly encourage all community members to participate in rural development planning, as well as there still paternalistic, patriarchy and primordialism that still strongly adopted by the community.