Pak RT is Our Hero

Abstract

Beggars become a social problem in Situbondo. Poverty is the main reason for begging. Not infrequently they settled on the streets because they do not have a place to stay. Based on the paradigm of the functional structure of the focus of research illustrates how beggars sought shelter and assistance in meeting the needs of infrastructure with the help of a Chairman RT. Data collected by using direct observation, interview, and documentation. Data analysis was performed with the pattern of Miles and Huberman interactive analysis with stages of data collection, data reduction, exposure of data, drawing conclusions and grounded in the perspective of Robert K. Merton's theory with the main concept of function, dysfunction, functions manifest and latent functions.The results showed that the role of RT in meeting the needs of infrastructure family of beggars who live in the complex Tuna work is as follows: 1) Ensuring family relocation of beggars are homeless on the government to get a place to live, 2) Implement policies to meet the needs of infrastructure family beggars easily, 3) Capitalized friendliness and humility to lure donors. The study recommends how efforts to address the problems arising from the presence of beggars in particular to ensure its survival in order to create a system that is balanced in society.