(Universitas Indonesia)
Abstract
This study looks into the internal process of the urban poverty of Jakarta in terms of the
flowering phenomena of building and maintaining specific social relations among the poor
to fulfill their basic economic needs. These complex social relations and exchanges among
the poor and non-poor—called social integration of the poor—make the boundaries
between the two social categories blurred and flexible. The paradox of social and
economic statuses of the people involved has made this integration possible. This
phenomenon will make poverty reduction programs in Indonesia face more complicated
problems.
Key words: Urban poverty; specific social relations; poverty as process; poverty paradox;
social integration.