Analysis of the Train Station Vendors Eviction Related To University Students’ Social Movement: A Case of Universitas Indonesia’s Students Social Movement to The Train Station Vendors Eviction in Universitas Indonesia Station and Pondok Cina Station

Abstract

The research aims to describe and analyze the background, condition, and factors which cause students advocacy to the train station vendors in Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Bekasi (Jabodetabek) area that will be evicted by PT Kereta Api Indonesia. This study focuses on cases that happen in Universitas Indonesia Station and Pondok Cina Station since both stations located in the researchers’ university. Method that is used in this research is a qualitative approach by literature review and in-depth interview as data colleting techniques. Factors such as political situation are also considered in order to know how they motivated and contributed to the event. In the same way, the study also focuses on the cultural backgrounds within the historical context in chronological order since November 2012 untill May 2013. Historical analysis was done using approaches from other disciplines such as sociology, psychology, and political science and will also be supported by legal basis that PT Kereta Api Indonesia referred to execute the eviction, in order to obtain a broader understanding of the students’s movement.

DOI: 10.5901/ajis.2013.v2n9p752