ABSTRAKConflicts between corporations and local communities in mining industries become phenomenal after political reformation took place in 1998. Based on an analytical framework, which are developed from previous field research, the pattern of corporate-local community conflicts can be formulated into three different dimensions, those are dynamics of conflict, causes of conflict and state's roles. The dynamic dimension consist of seven variables: escalation and form of conflict, fluctuation of conflict, intensity of conflict, the roles of actors and institution and local characters. in the dynamics of conflict, the magnitude of conflicts is set by the intensity of conflicts, that is the conflicts violence. the causes of conflict dimension consist of political changes, inequality, domination, exploitation, empowerment and economic distress, and demographical variables; with inequality as the most important variables; the role of state extends within the dynamics and causes dimensions, that is how the role of state (i.e. the government) in the causes and the dynamics of conflict. deductively, based on the above mentioned analytical framework, the purpose of this study is to analyze the corporate-local communities conflicts that taking place in the geothermal industry in pangalengan, West Java. The method of data collection is qualitative with in-depth interviewing as the primary instrument used in the study. The findings show that the problem lies within the three sectors mentioned above (corporate, local communities and the government) with different substance and weight for each sector. However, the improvement should begin from the government or state sector.
