| dc.description.abstract | The state program of agricultural modernization in Indonesia had manifested in many forms, and always aimed to uplift the economic status of rural households. However, without recognizing as well as celebrating cultural differences, such modernization will produce a reverse effect: marginalization. In the case of villages in Jambi, where native settlers (orang asli) and migrants (pendatang) dependent on different agrarian resources, and culture constructs their types of livelihood, the state intervention with an assumption of 'one program for all' comes as 'discriminative' aids. Instead of producing welfare, agricultural modernization has resulted in a regressing welfare state of native settlers ('orang asli') community. | en |
