Social Development in the Urban Informal Sector: A Case Study of Street Vendors in Pasar Minggu, Jakarta

• Main Author: Cucu Nurhayati
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universitas Indonesia 2020-06-01
• Series: Masyarakat: Jurnal Sosiologi
• Subjects: social development, informal sectors, street vendors, structures, cultures and processes.
• Online Access: http://journal.ui.ac.id/index.php/mjs/article/view/10948

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #212121; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: IN;" lang="EN">This article seeks to provide an alternative</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #212121; mso-fareast-language: IN;"> solutions for</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #212121; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: IN;" lang="EN"> development for the informal street vendors in South Jakarta, </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #212121; mso-fareast-language: IN;">with special focus on markets in the district of</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #212121; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: IN;" lang="EN"> Pasar Minggu</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #212121; mso-fareast-language: IN;" lang="EN"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #212121; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: IN;" lang="EN">. Street vendors (PKL) often deal directly with government policies</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #212121; mso-fareast-language: IN;"> such as the arrest and confiscations</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #212121; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: IN;" lang="EN">, but on the other hand street vendors are able to safeguard and contribute to the economy of the urban poor. The social development framework with structural, cultural and process elements emphasizes the inclusiveness of development to improve the quality of life of the community as a whole. Social development offers the concept of a social process that is more flexible in establishing dialogue between policy holders and the community so that it can </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #212121; mso-fareast-language: IN;">result in</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #212121; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: IN;" lang="EN"> to a new culture (internalization) and new regulations (institutionalization). This article combines qualitative and quantitative methods to explore the meaning of street vendors in dealing with structuring and measuring the levels or achievements obtained from the</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #212121; mso-fareast-language: IN;" lang="EN"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #212121; mso-fareast-language: IN;">existing </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #212121; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: IN;" lang="EN">dynamics of the structure, culture and social processes. This study reveals that </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #212121; mso-fareast-language: IN;">both political and social </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #212121; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: IN;" lang="EN">structures in the case of street vendors ha</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #212121; mso-fareast-language: IN;">ve</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #212121; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: IN;" lang="EN"> not been </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #212121; mso-fareast-language: IN;">provided</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #212121; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: IN;" lang="EN">. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #212121; mso-fareast-language: IN;">T</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #212121; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: IN;" lang="EN">he absence of policies issued by the government to support the PKL economy</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #212121; mso-fareast-language: IN;"> was the reflection of such problem</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #212121; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: IN;" lang="EN">. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #212121; mso-fareast-language: IN;">However, there have been evidence that the government started to focus on </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #212121; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: IN;" lang="EN">the minimization of acts of violence in the process of controlling street vendors and began to instill the values ​​of cleanliness and regularity in street vendors' behavior.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #212121; mso-fareast-language: IN;"> This was accompanied with the enhancing of the</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #212121; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: IN;" lang="EN"> social process characterized by the existence of deliberations with </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #212121; mso-fareast-language: IN;">the limited number of the representations of the </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #212121; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: IN;" lang="EN">street vendors.</span></p>