Membaca Kembali Dinamika Kependudukan Dataran Tinggi dalam Konteks Perubahan Ekologi dan Intervensi Negara: Perspektif Ekologi Politik
ABSTRACT: This paper explain
the role of state in ecological aspects
in the forming of socio economis dynamics in upland Pemalang District,
especially in migration dynamic, the expansion and constriction of labours, and
their negotiation to the ecological changes. So far, many scholars set out the
demographic problems by the issues of poverty, inequality resources, increase
of population, labour surplus, and so on. This causal explanation was lack in
question on what kind of possibilities force those problems happened. The
research has been done in the upland of Watukumpul, Pemalang, Central Java, try
to understand how the upland demographical dynamics situated by
political-economic and ecological forces. This area is suitable because of vast
spreading in changing of farming system: from rice and glagah cultivation to
cash crop of Albasia through the reforestation programs and Green campaign. By
using quantitative and qualitative method and political ecology aproaches. I
assume that the ecological changes are forced and situated by political
economic state interventions through policies and environmental condition which
both farmer and state negotiation be possible. The result show, there was a
changing to develop the new rural econonomic (new plantation) and migration
pattern as a part of farmer strategies concerning to the econ omic
opportunities and state intervention through reforestation programs. These
choices imply to the changing of farmer’s daily rutinities and their household
production.
Keyword: Demography, Political
Ecology, Economic and Environmental Change, Farmer Strategies, Migration
Pattern
Penulis: Nur Rosyid
Kode Jurnal: jpsosiologidd150634
