Relasi Patron-Klien antara Pemulung dan Pengepul di TPS T Kecamatan Piyungan Kabupaten Bantul

Niko Ginhar Harefa, Amalinda Savirani

2016 | Skripsi | Politik dan Pemerintahan (dh. Ilmu Pemerintahan)

ABSTRACT The study is about the patron-client relationship of the scavengers and the collectors at the Tempat Pembuangan Sampah Terpadu (TPST) – the integrated waste disposal site in Piyungan, Bantul. The location is the biggest and the widest waste disposal centre in special region of Yogyakarta. With an area of approximately 12 hectare, the location is able to accomodate about 2,7 millions cubic meters of waste from three areas such as Bantul, Sleman and Yogyakarta. The location is strategic for the scavengers and the collectors activity as they can decrease the volume of waste and make it as a promising economic resoursces. The study problem deals with how the relationship of the scavengers and the collectors at the TPST in Piyungan, Bantul, Yogyakarta is. The descriptive qualitative is used in the study as the methodology. The collecting data is done through some ways as like observing, interviewing and documenting. The data validity is examined with the technique of data triangulation. The collected data are analyzed through three stages which are reducing data, displaying data display and concluding. The result of the study shows that the patron-client relationship of the scavengers and the collectors in daily life at TPST goes dynamically and reciprocally profitable. The dynamic of the relationship is marked by the reciprocal process as a result of pressure by the collectors’ dominance over the scavengers. The dependence of the scavengers toward the collectors is used as a tool to control prices so that the scavengers becomes powerless in bargaining prices for the trash. However, the scavengers also gain benefits for they get income from the trash purchase by the collectors and get barracks. The temporary shelter is better rather than they build up their huts. The patron-client relationship does not merely occur contextually in economics which influences the welfare improvement of both sides but also extends to a social and political context.

Kata Kunci : Pengelolaan Sampah