Bureaupathology in the Recruitment of Village Apparatus, an Experience From Sukoharjo Regency Ari Mukti (a*), Sudarmo (b), Rina Herlina Haryanti (c)
a)Magister of Public Administration, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences
Sebelas Maret University, Indonesia
*muk_ary[at]yahoo.co.id
b)The Study Program of Public Administration,
Faculty of Social and Political Science, Sebelas Maret University, Indonesia
Abstract
Sukoharjo Regency has conducted recruitment of village apparatus in the area. This activity is aimed at finding qualified village apparatus candidates in accordance with the field of work required by the village government. With ethnography methods including participant observation, indepth interview, and secondary data collection, this study found that the process of village apparatus recruitment was intervened by the interests of the local authorities so there was no guarantee that those who were accepted having the required competencies, instead reflects the interests of the authorities. The study also found that there are bureaupathology and patronage practices through formal legal path but are patrimonial, which reflected in the form of lobbying or coercion of the testing team by the authorities to accommodate the names of the orders although they do not meet the required competency. The testing team tends to accommodate the interests of the authorities because they are unable to reject the coercion, as well as the personal interests of testing team in maintaining the status quo in order to remain in continuous be employed again in the future when they show a harmonious interest with the ruler. The study also found a relationship between village heads and regency heads representing patron-client relationships. There is also a relationship between the village head and the village apparatus candidate to be appointed.
