The Ethnic Profile of Djakarta

Castles, Lance

doi:10.2307/3350726

Cited by 39 publications

(16 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…The ethnic Toba diaspora (marserak) outside the north of Tapanuli has been assessed based on HKBP statistics (Purba, 1998). Migration always uses kinship ties on overseas lands (Castels, 1967). Migration occurs from the age of teens (usually graduating from high school) and returns home after marriage or to care for parents.…”

Section: Communalism Of the Toba Ethnic Groupmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ethnic Cleavages: The Descendant and Clan Sentiment on Local Executive Election in North Tapanuli, North Sumatera Province

Damanik

2019

komunitas

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The foundation of this study is political anthropology to see the phenomenon of ethnicity in local politics in the era of democratic decentralization. The study focused on ethnic cleavages in the form of strengthening social units that appear through descendant and clan sentiments at the moment of the Pemilukada (Local Executive Election). Therefore, the purpose of this study is to understand the phenomenon of ethnic cleavages which highlights descendant and clan sentiments in four districts in north of Tapanuli in the Pemilukada. Local politics at the time of democratic decentralization was not only used to expand the four cultural areas, namely Silindung, Humbang, Toba and Samosir, but also strengthen descent and clan sentiments in the Pemilukada. Although, the population in these four regions is a Toba ethnic group, its members destabilize and negate each other. This phenomenon originated from the domination of Silindung from the colonial era to the Reformation. Through Pemilukada, the descent and clan sentiments are used to blockade other candidates as well as mobilize selecting candidates from similar groups and clans. The promise of Pemilukada is channeled through a monopoly to fill government positions from one lineage group and clan. The approach of this problem is used Dunning and Harrison's theory about Cross-Cutting Cleavages and Ethnic Voting. The data collection was carried out through in-depth interviews with subjects, namely descendants and clans in four districts in north of Tapanuli. The results of the study show that: (i) ethnic cleavages occur because of the utilization and mobilization of social units namely descent and clan groups in the moment of Pemilukada, (ii) the strengthening of descent and clan group sentiments in Pemilukada is the impact of competition and contestation which are packaged as political capital for gained power, and (ii) political actors redefined ethnicity as 'Orang Toba' to smaller identities namely descendants and clans in each cultural region. The Toba ethnic groups are more loyal to their descendants and clan identities than their identities as 'Orang Toba'. Although the political analysis of the flow was considered less relevant as a result of the strengthening of the issue of interest in the Pemilukada, but the strengthening of division in ethnicity became a strong indication of ethnic cleavages and the game of primordialism during the Pemilukada.

show abstract

Section: Communalism Of the Toba Ethnic Groupmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ethnic Cleavages: The Descendant and Clan Sentiment on Local Executive Election in North Tapanuli, North Sumatera Province

Damanik

2019

komunitas

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Batavian or Betawi or Djakarta Asli (Castles, 1967). With Jakarta as the capital, the number of migrants has increased significantly since the Independence of Indonesia in 1945.…”

Section: Aulia Hadi and Riwanto Tirtosudarmomentioning

confidence: 99%

Migration, Ethnicity and Local Politics: The Case of Jakarta, Indonesia

Hadi

Tirtosudarmo

2016

J Populasi

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The Betawi are a group which has evolved from the mixing of a number of Indonesian and foreign groups in Jakarta over several centuries (Castles 1967 ). The Betawi are a group which has evolved from the mixing of a number of Indonesian and foreign groups in Jakarta over several centuries (Castles 1967 ).…”

Section: The Contemporary Situationmentioning

confidence: 99%

The International Handbook of the Demography of Race and Ethnicity

Sáenz¹,

Embrick²,

Rodríguez³

2015

International Handbooks of Population

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The International Handbooks of Population offer up-to-date scholarly summaries and sources of information on the major subject areas and issues of demography and population. Each handbook examines its particular subject area in depth, providing timely, accessible coverage of its full scale and scope, discusses substantive contributions for deeper understanding, and provides reliable guidance on the direction of future developments.Volumes will explore topics of vital interest: Population Aging, Poverty, Mortality, Family Demography, Migration, Race and Ethnic Demography and more. Each volume will provide a state-of-the-art treatment of its respective area. The series will quickly prove useful to a broad audience including demographers, practitioners and scholars across a range of disciplines.

show abstract

The Ethnic Profile of Djakarta

Cited by 39 publications

References 0 publications

Ethnic Cleavages: The Descendant and Clan Sentiment on Local Executive Election in North Tapanuli, North Sumatera Province

Ethnic Cleavages: The Descendant and Clan Sentiment on Local Executive Election in North Tapanuli, North Sumatera Province

Migration, Ethnicity and Local Politics: The Case of Jakarta, Indonesia

The International Handbook of the Demography of Race and Ethnicity

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About