MASYARAKAT PERBATASAN RI-MALAYSIA DAN KASUS ASKAR WATANIAH: RELEVANSI PERUBAHAN KEBIJAKAN KESEJAHTERAAN
ABSTRACT: This writing seeks
to determine the extent of the welfare factor as a basis of the decision taken
by Indonesians living in Malaysian border to join the Malaysian Askar Wataniah
paramilitary unit. The case itself signifies how government welfare plannings
have yet to be realized in its fullest capacity to prevent citizens from
considering the alternative to join a foreign security. This is among others,
due to cronic economic and development retardness faced by the region. In light
of such circumstances, better concepts and policies concerning welfare in this
region must be developed, especially through policy analyses and
recommendations, which would contribute towards preventing the recurrence of
similar cases.
The case has become more serious having in mind the different development
of Indonesia with its neighbors, in terms of poverty, deprafity, educational
backwardness, retardness, and marginality (Five K) remains to be a dominant
feature in many Indonesian border societies. Therefore, developments of new
economic growth hubs has become an ever essential priority in the crusade to
combat the Five K, especially through the development of better trade
infrastructures in the border areas, in order to improve border tradings and
its positive effects to the society. Government intervention in such project
will also need to reach the Political, Socio-Cultural, and Defence-Security
dimensions of the issue in order to anticipate problems such as the low human
resources quality in the region, etc. Thereby, the following policy stages may
need to be considered; (A) to increase within the interaction between the
government and the border societies, (B) to empower border societal
participation, (C), to raise a consciousness towards the development of human
and natural resources for the benefit of all elements of the border societies.
Penulis: Zainuddin Djafar
Kode Jurnal: jpantropologidd080029
