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Patron‐Client Relation Reconsidered: Comparing Civil Defense Group in Kanto Earthquake and Jakarta Riots of May 1998
Author(s) -
Dwianto Raphaella D.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
international journal of japanese sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.133
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1475-6781
pISSN - 0918-7545
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-6781.1999.tb00069.x
Subject(s) - relation (database) , locality , context (archaeology) , sociology , group (periodic table) , power (physics) , political science , economy , history , economics , linguistics , archaeology , philosophy , chemistry , organic chemistry , database , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics
Through comparative sociological analysis, this paper discusses the patron‐client relation in urban locality groups. The civil defense groups as urban locality groups which emerged during the chaotic situation after the Kanto earthquake in September 1923, and during Jakarta riots in May 1998, are the subjects of comparison. Even though the social background and historical context of the societies in question are different, both incidents share some similarities, in the rumors which accelerated the formation of civil defense group in almost every neighborhood. Further analysis on the formation, membership, and activities of the group reveals that the patron‐client relation is not a mere power (vertical) relation, but also a life‐cooperation relation.