SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF GREEN REVOLUTION IN THE ORDE BARU

Abstract

This paper seeks to examine the application and implications of the Green
Revolution in the country through the perspective of social construction Mary E.
Pettenger. In her analysis, the perspective of Pettenger's social construction involves
the dimensions of power, knowledge, social norms, and discourse or discourse. In
Indonesia, the Green Revolution is better known as "Panca Usaha Tani" which is
sensitive to the modernization or mechanization of agriculture. Through the studies
that have been carried out, it is clear if the “Orde Baru” regime uses resources of
power, knowledge, social norms, and discourse in an effort to promote the
mechanization of agriculture in the country. A series of dimensions are arranged into
a form of social construction that successfully hides various hidden interests in it,
among others; national socio-political stability, the legitimacy of debts on the part of
the parties, alignments with the West Bloc, and efforts to make Indonesia a rice barn
for developed countries.