Routine Violence in Java, Indonesia: Neo-Malthusian and Social Justice Perspectives

Tadjoeddin, Mohammad Zulfan; Chowdhury, Anis; Murshed, Syed Mansoob

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-28626-1_31

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“…The rationale behind this expectation is that low-scale “routine” violence usually has little or nothing to do with ethnic groupings. In line with this, Tadjoeddin et al (2010: 6) hold that “horizontal inequality is more appropriately located in the context of secessionist and ethnic conflicts”, an argument that resonates with recent findings by case studies (e.g. Sambanis, 2004).…”

Section: Theorizing Horizontal Inequalities and Political Violencesupporting

confidence: 56%

Inequality and political violence: A review of the literature

Østby

2013

International Area Studies Review

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Does economic inequality breed political violence? For almost half a century, scholars have tried to test this assumption, finding little empirical support for a statistical relationship between the two variables. This article provides a critical review of this literature, starting out with the link between so-called vertical (inter-individual) inequality and conflict. I argue that the lack of empirical results can largely be attributed to the almost exclusive focus on individual-level differences in terms of income or land. Group identity is critical to recruitment and maintaining allegiance to a military organization. Hence, we should focus the attention on the relevant form of inequality—that between groups, or so-called horizontal inequalities. In contrast to the studies focusing on vertical inequality, an emerging quantitative literature on horizontal inequalities and conflict has found a positive link, which is more in line with the evidence from several case studies. However, measuring horizontal inequalities is a clear challenge, and there is a need for additional studies to qualify the initial findings. I conclude by suggesting some avenues for future research.

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Section: Theorizing Horizontal Inequalities and Political Violencesupporting

confidence: 56%

Inequality and political violence: A review of the literature

Østby

2013

International Area Studies Review

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“…The second method employs count data of violent incidents, as in Tadjoeddin and Murshed (2007) and Tadjoeddin et al (2012), who apply the method in the case of low-intensity routine, everyday violence. However, this measure is not appropriate for high-intensity ethno-communal violence characterized by a high number of deaths per incident.…”

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“…Careful examination of violence according to its types is important. For example, while horizontal inequality matters for secessionist conflict or civil war (Stewart, 2008), it is vertical inequality that plays a role in routine-everyday violence (Tadjoeddin et al, 2012). For the Indonesian case, see Tadjoeddin et al (2001) and Tadjoeddin (2011) on the secessionist conflict, and Tadjoeddin and Murshed (2007) and Tadjoeddin et al (2012) on the routine violence.…”

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Educated but poor: Explaining localized ethnic violence during Indonesia’s democratic transition

Tadjoeddin

2013

International Area Studies Review

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A sudden outbreak of a series of ethnic violence in Indonesia is linked to the country's critical juncture of embarking on the transition towards democracy and adopting a decentralized polity. While the critical juncture is experienced by the country as a whole, ethnic violence is locally concentrated. This paper looks at the ingredients of the deadly mixture at the district level by examining the grievance and greed explanations of ethnic violence. It conceptualizes and operationalizes across-district measures of relative deprivation. The empirical results show the presence of relative deprivation-related grievance, in the sense of 'being educated but still poor'. Education raises people's expectations about earnings and welfare. Failure to realize their expectations leads to a sense of deprivation. The study finds no empirical evidence that the greed of local elites competing for the expected future value of state resources at the local level leads to inter-ethnic violence.

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“…Meskipun demikian, kekerasan rutin, yang bermanifestasi dalam tawuran, penghakiman massa, dan pengeroyokan juga kerap terjadi. Tadjoeddin et al, (2012) mencatat, kepadatan penduduk serta dominasi usia remaja memainkan peran sentral dalam kekerasan rutin di perkotaan.…”

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Praktik vigilantisme digital di media sosial dalam konflik antarkelompok

Isnaini¹,

Sarwoprasodjo²,

Kinseng³

et al. 2020

Indonesian Journal of Communications Studies

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This research was conducted based on the frequent conflicts in Johar Baru sub-district, Central Jakarta. Tawuran or brawls has become a daily routine in that particular sub-district. This study aimed to analyse practices of digital vigilantism on social media amid intergroup conflict. Researchers explored Facebook accounts of several groups that are often involved in a conflict. This study used a qualitative content analysis method. The results revealed that digital vigilantism practices found were security, supervision, control, discipline, and punishment of one group against other groups through social media, where punishment, i.e. name-calling, and shaming are the most common practices, so that conflicts from the virtual world lead to conflicts in the real world.

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Routine Violence in Java, Indonesia: Neo-Malthusian and Social Justice Perspectives

Cited by 10 publications

References 33 publications

Inequality and political violence: A review of the literature

Inequality and political violence: A review of the literature

Educated but poor: Explaining localized ethnic violence during Indonesia’s democratic transition

Praktik vigilantisme digital di media sosial dalam konflik antarkelompok

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