IDENTIFIKASI TINGKAT PARTISIPASI MASYARAKAT STUDI KASUS KAMPUNG LOROTAN, KELURAHAN KOTALAMA, KOTA MALANG

Abstract

Urban settlements in general are always experiencing rapid growth due to the space requirements for
the population residence. Villages as part of the urban settlements also get the impact of the problems
of urban development. Top-down system of government just make people as objects of development,
so that can not reach the needs of the community. But with the bottom-up system of government,
the public can determine an activity based on the needs and capabilities of its people. Therefore, the
objectives of this study were (1) to identify the forms and motifs of public participation, (2) identify the
capacity of community organizations, (3) identify the level of participation of society as a whole. This
study used a qualitative descriptive analysis and used the case study method as a sample of 84 people in
Lorotan village, Malang city. The results show that: (1) the tendency of the usual forms of participation
is social, power, thoughts and wealth. For community participation motives, motives tend to be based
on psychology, (2) based on the results of the analysis of the capacity of community organizations, there
are three organizations that have a high capacity, namely, PKK, karang taruna and community forum,
(3) the level of community participation overall in character of the study area, already showing the level
of participation in the second degree participation. It is an added value in the study area are community
able to achieve the highest level of participation without government interference.