GOVERNING INTIMACY: The Political Design of Feminist Governance in Sapporo and Surabaya

Rp. 65.000

Penulis: Dias P.S. Mahayasa

Panjang: 23

Lebar: 15

Halaman: 107

ISBN: 00

Sinopsis:

Domestic violence often feels like something distant or hidden, yet the way a city responds to it affects the safety and dignity of everyone who lives there. This book invites readers to look beyond laws and headlines to notice how care, power, and responsibility move through everyday life. It asks what it truly takes for a community to protect people who are most at risk, and who ends up carrying the emotional work that protection requires. Through the stories of Sapporo and Surabaya, the book follows two cities that support survivors in strikingly different ways. Sapporo builds protection through formal partnerships and clear routines that weave care into the rhythm of local government. Surabaya relies on improvisation, moral commitment, and the determination of people who step in when procedures cannot. These two paths reveal how care becomes part of a city’s political fabric and how it shapes the speed, quality, and humanity of the help survivors receive. Rading this book will give you understanding why institutions sometimes struggle to protect those who need them most, and why genuine safety depends on relationships as much as regulations. The idea of governance intimacy offers a new lens for seeing the hidden ties between empathy and authority and how the trust between governments and feminist actors can either strengthen or weaken the protection that communities provide. This book speaks to anyone who wonders how cities can respond to violence with both competence and compassion. It shows that care is not a soft moral extra, but a force that shapes public life and influences the kind of society we choose to build together.