RUANG PERTARUNGAN DAN STRATEGI AKTOR DI ARENA EKONOMI POLITIK LOKAL

Abstract

When decentralization policy applied, almost often actors with different in background and identity compete for local political-economic sources. In this competition, among actor do clash and applying any strategy in order for winning the clash and establishing actor power. In this case, proposed question were what factors create actor clash space under local political-economic arenas did? Who were and how did the clash happen among the actors under local political-economic arenas? And then, how the clash strategy implemented by the actors in order for winning the clash happened under local political-economic arena was? In order for answering the all questions; the study used a qualitative methodology of non-positivistic paradigm under a structuralism- constructivism perspective approach. Study analysis unit was actor located at Kendari, South-East Sulawesi. Data were collected by in-depth interview, structured interview, and Focus Group Discussion (FGD) applied to the actor with different ethnics (Tolaki, Muna, Buton, dan Bugis) and professions (politicians, bureaucrats, academicians, and NGO activists). Results of the study revealed that in order for recognizing the clash, it was important that the actor practices at local political-economic arena be understood. There were three known actor practices, namely, practices in ethnic power culture, practices in organizing identity economic, and practices in identity politics. Thus, there were three arena spaces of the actors as followed: (1) clash space for symbol of economic power, (2) clash space for symbol of political power, and (3) clash space for political- economic powers. In such strategy involved in reproduction symbol, investment symbol, reproduction expression, alliance development, economic invasion, expression support, symbol infiltration, power invasion, and symbol support.