Indonesian Journal of Development Studies (IJDS) 2020, Volume -, Ed.- ISSN Online: ISSN Print: 31 - IJDS Review: Political Analysis of Public Policy for Sustainable Infrastructure Development Nora Eka Putri 1 , Helmi 2 , Melinda Noer 3 Yossyafra 4 [Public Administration Department, Universitas Negeri Padang , email: : noraekaputri@fis.unp.ac.id 1 , Development Studies Program Doctoral ,Andalas University, email: helmi59pdg@yahoo.com 2 , Development Studies Program Doctoral, Andalas University, email: melindanoer@yahoo.com 3 Development Studies Program Doctoral, Andalas University, email: yossyafra@ft.unand.ac.id 4 ] Received: Click or tap to enter a date. Reviewed: Click or tap to enter a date. Published: Click or tap to enter a date. Copyright ©2020 by the author (et al) and Indonesian Journal of Development Studies (IJDS) *This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Subject Area: Social Sustainable development Abstract Infrastructure development is carried out to create community welfare. However, infrastructure development hurt the socio-cultural conditions of the community. This research will explain the political analysis of public policies regarding the social risks and benefits of infrastructure development for the community. The research method was carried out with a systematic literature review by referring to reputable journal articles published through www.sciencedirect.com and other relevant reference sources. The research results explain that the risks of infrastructure development from social and political aspects include: people's aspirations are not accommodated by the government; creating forced displacement and poverty for communities; changes in the quality of social life. Then the scientific novelty that can be developed is to explain the risk analysis and potential benefits from the social aspect, through the concept of bottom-up decision making in infrastructure development policies. Keywords: {Decision making; Development; Infrastructure; Social Aspects}. Introduction Development is a physical reality and a state of mind in which society has some combination of social, economic, and institutional processes, securing the means for a better life. (Todaro & Smith, 2011). Infrastructure development aims to serve the interests of the community and in the future can improve economic prosperity, improve social life, and preserve the environment (Kumari & Kumar Sharma, 2017). In its implementation, it turns out that infrastructure development has several problems (especially physical infrastructure development such as roads). Among the problems are related to infrastructure development decision making which tends to be top-down (Visser, Binsbergen, & Nemoto, 1999); the process of land acquisition for road construction is relatively detrimental to the affected communities (Jefferies, Gameson, & Rowlinson, 2002); the application of pluralism law - the application of two or more types of law such as State law and customary law also creates problems in the management of the land (Djurfeldt, 2020; Huizenga, 2019; Rohe, Govan, Schlüter, & Ferse, 2019); Impoverishment Risk due to the