MEKANISME SURVIVAL STRATEGY: ANTARA TEKANAN DAN FLEKSIBILITAS

ABSTRACT State-owned plantation company x (PTPN X) describes modem (rational) way in managing Vorstenlands tobacco sector in Indonesia. When bureaucracy becomes a part of international market, consequently, there is change of decision making locus, from family institution to bureaucracy. It means that bureaucracy intervenes in family institution. There are economic and technical interventions. The economic intervention is concern with marginalization of income, while technical intervention is concern with marginalization in understanding the quality of tobacco plantation. Consequently, the sense of spirit of farmers in planting tobacco disappeared. Beside that, the farmers to be outsider in their land. Because of pressure and insecurity, the farmers try to respond by using social security mechanism through family institution, both temporary and continually. The social mechanism that is developed is well growth in the linkage with market. It means that the traditional social security is not continually dichotomy with the modem social security. Key words: economic and technical interventions- insecurity- social security