CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN WEST KALIMANTAN: PREDICTION,ETHNIC GROUPING PATTERNS WHEN CONFLICTS HAPPENED

Abstract

The people of West Kalimantan Province, Indonesia are multi-ethnicsociety (50 ethnics)
space makes thepe rspective and habits of the people become different. It also causedWest
Kalimantan becomes vulnerable to social conflicts. There have been 12 social conflicts in
theperiod 1950-1999.When everthereis a dispute between two ethnic groups, it is often
followed by the joining of another ethnic group to be involved in helping one of the ethnic
groups who are fighting for some reason. This is actually what makes a disput equickly
spread edinto social conflict.By utilizing the theory of Conflict (Emile Durkheim),
Functional Structural Theory (Karl Marx), andusing descriptiv equalitative researchtypes,
there searche rsucceeded describing 3 (three) things that under lie the occurrence of social
conflict in the future and 5 (five) ethnic group in patterns once the conflict occurred. By
understanding this ethnic grouping pattern, stakeholders can act early; prevent and handle
conflicts appropriately.