Sociological Rational Policies to Overcome Land Traumatics

Abstract

The community and the Polorejo Village Government in 2008 experienced land trauma, so they rejected the land rights certification program offered by the Ponorogo Regency Land Office, from 2008 to 2013. This phenomenon is interesting to research, using qualitative research methods, accompanied by a rationalistic approach. The number of informants was 13 people, who were selected purposively. The data consisted of: (1) Primary data, obtained from the results of interviews with informants; (2) Secondary data, in the form of population data of Polorejo Village. Meanwhile, data analysis is carried out by utilizing Qualitative Analysis Techniques. The results of the study show that land trauma in the community and the Polorejo Village Government was then responded by the Head of the Ponorogo Regency Land Office in 2014, by issuing a sociological rational policy. The operationalization of this policy includes: (1) the formation of community groups, (2) the implementation of a mass and self-help land rights certification program, (3) the implementation of the national agrarian program, and (4) the complete systematic land registration program. In the end, this policy succeeded in having a positive impact on the community and the Polorejo Village Government in the form of the loss of land trauma.