PEMERINTAHAN PUSAT DAN SWAPRAJA: MASALAH SENTRALISASI DAN DESENTRALISASI
ABSTRACT: This paper discusses
the historical process in the context of the government system in Nusa
Tenggara. This paper particularly analyses the bargaining position of the
people of Nusa Tenggara in gaining the status of their region as a province.
Indeed, the name of Nusa Tenggara as a region in the Indonesian archipelago had
not been known before the formation of the Republic of Indonesia. Based upon
the historical evidences, the external factors had considerably affected the
patterns of the traditional political and social systems. Prior to the colonial
era, there were several chiefdoms which were fragmented and competed to one
another. The coming of the colonial Dutch has transformed the traditional
political systems to a more modern system in which the colonial Dutch
introduced a new system, the province of Timor, Residentie Timor en
onderhoorigheden. This province has been changed to be the province of Nusa
Tenggara since the Indonesian independence.
Penulis: I Ketut Ardhana
Kode Jurnal: jpantropologidd050033
