Pemanfaatan Modal Sosial dalam Sektor Perdagangan (Studi pada Etnis Tionghoa, Etnis Batak, dan Etnis Minangkabau di Kota Medan Provinsi Sumatera Utara)

Abstract

MedanCity is the citywiththe pluralsocietyinethnic dimensionandlivelihood either.The biggestlivelihoodis movingintradingsector.As muchas 20.424inhabitants from 2.983.868inhabitants inMedanCityearnalivingintradingsector(PDMedanCity market,2013). TradinginMedanCityisalsoseemuniquebecauseitmakessometrading zones by ethnic.TionghoaTribe,Batak Tribe andMinangkabauTribe are choosento becometheobjectinthisresearchbecausethoseethnicwhoshow theirexistencein tradinginMedanCity. ThisresearchmeanstoidentifiedtheformofsocialcapitalintraderofTionghoa Tribe,BatakTribe andMinangkabauTribeinMedanCity.Moreover,thisresearchalso meanstofindoutandinterprettheusefulofsocialcapitalsotheseethniccouldshow their tradingexistenceinMedanCity.This researchuses qualitative methods inorder to obtain amore indepth data.Datawas takenby observation,participationobservation, depthinterviewandreferencesstudy. ResearcherfoundthatTionghoaTribe,Batak TribeandMinangkabauTribeare serious inorder tousetheirsocialcapitalwellsotheycouldmaintaintheir trading existenceinMedanCity.It’sjustthatsocialcapitalwhichareusedaredifferentamong thoseethnic. That’swhatmakesTionghoaTribedominatePetisahMarket, BatakTribein SimalingkarMarket, andMinangkabauTribeinPusat PasarMarket.