ETHNIC IDENTITY AND LAND UTILIZATION: A CASE STUDY IN RIAU, INDONESIA
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https://doi.org/10.14203/jmi.v39i2.620Keywords:
Ethnic identity, Transmigrants, Land use, Labour, Palm oil, RiauAbstract
This article looks at the economic and social position of first- and second- generation transmigrants of Javanese origin in the northwestern part of the Province of Riau, Sumatra, in the aftermath of the 1997/98 monetary crisis. The article is based on the findings of a study undertaken by the author in 2001 in the context of the International Labour Organization's InFocus Programme on Socio-Economic Security called ‘Indonesia: Improving Security After the Crises’. Data were collected in two villages in a transmigration settlement near Pasir Pangarayan, Riau, where several thousand
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Hardjono, J. 1988. “The Indonesian Transmigration Program in Historical Perspective”. International Migration. Vol. 26, no. 4: 427-439.
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