Community Struggles for Land in Jakarta

Winayanti, Lana (2004) Community Struggles for Land in Jakarta. Doctoral thesis, Universitas Tarumanagara.

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Abstract

In Jakarta, kampung seltments have provided acces to urban land and housing for a large part of the population. Some kampung settlements have been integrated as part of city through the granting of administrative status. However,for residents in particular kampung settlement continuing to live in their kampungs has been a struggle because of the constrains imposed on them by the state. The fall of the New Order govemment in may 1998 marked the beginning of the reformasi era, and with it new hope for better governance and democracy. Nevertheless, there seems to be a growing movement of kampung communities led by NGOs struggling for their rights to the city. This dissertation is concerned with the struggles of kampung communities -how they have evolved under the changing social and political changes in the reformasi era. It argues that the kampung communities claims to land were essential in gaining their social rights as citizens, and that the succes of the cutcomes depended on their ability to seize political opportunities. Through fieldwork in two kampungs, kelurahan kebon kosong and kampung Penas Tanggul, the search showed the complexities of power relations is land resulting from weak land management by the state. The distinction beetwen legality and illegality is unclear, and depends on social attitudes and relations between legality legality and resident and government officials. The analys of the finding showed the importance of the communities claims on land and how they are related to gaining their social rights as citizens. The success of gaining claims to land depanded on the empowerment of the community, witch includes understanding their right to land evolving form a local-based struggle to a network-based struggle with other kampung communities in Jakarta. The role of NGos was critical in the empowerment process, as well as in building the reformasi era that opened up opportunities for geater participation in

Item Type: Thesis (Doctoral)
Subjects: Disertasi
Divisions: Pascasarjana
Depositing User: Puskom untar untar
Date Deposited: 10 Feb 2022 11:15
Last Modified: 21 Feb 2022 03:18
URI: http://repository.untar.ac.id/id/eprint/33926

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