Pasar Rakyat yang Tergadai: Studi tentang Resistensi Pedagang terhadap Implementasi Kebijakan Relokasi Pasar Rejosari

Abstract

Rejosari Market burned in 2008. So the government of Salatiga issue policies to do construction using investors. The agreement of price conducted by the old P3R and the investors. The old P3R was chosen as a representative of traders. But the process of agreement of stalls and stores price caused internal conflict among traders because it is considered too burdensome the traders. Those who are not satisfied formedthe new P3R. Moreover, the role of the city government is considered not cover all the needs in making decisions. The aim of the study is to describe the form of traders resistance to the implementation of relocation policy, using contructivismapproach. Researcher saw that the resistance ofnew P3R used resource mobilization by requesting assistance from NGOs, lawyers, and university students which formed Gemmpar. Second, they used the framing done by Gemmpar to gain public sympathy by distributing pamphlets, banners, and zine making. The impact of Gemmpar dispersion implicated on the relocation of the traders who are the members of the New P3R to TPPS. The contruction, using the government budget, was renegotiated by lawyers and some members P3R. At the end, store and stall pricewere dropped from ± Rp.9.000.000, - / m² and the store of ± Rp. 13.000.000, / m² to ± Rp.4.000.000, - / m² and the stall of ± Rp. 6,000,000 / m². The decreasing of stalls and store price is the success of the New P3R using social movement to intervene in Salatiga municipal government policy.