State of Authority: State in Society in Indonesia

Published by Cornell University Press 2009

State of Authority

State in Society in Indonesia

Edited by: Gerry Van Klinken and Joshua Barker

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501719448

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A major realignment is taking place in the way we understand the state in Indonesia. New studies on local politics, ethnicity, the democratic transition, corruption, Islam, popular culture, and other areas hint at novel concepts of the state, though often without fully articulating them. This book captures several dimensions of this shift. One reason for the new thinking is a fresh wind that has altered state studies generally. People are posing new kinds of questions about the state and developing new methodologies to answer them. Another reason for this shift is that Indonesia itself has changed, probably more than most people recognize. It looks more democratic, but also more chaotic and corrupt, than it did during the militaristic New Order of 1966–1998. State of Authority offers a range of detailed case studies based on fieldwork in many different settings around the archipelago. The studies bring to life figures of authority who have sought to carve out positions of power for themselves using legal and illegal means. These figures include village heads, informal slum leaders, district heads, parliamentarians, and others. These individuals negotiate in settings where the state is evident and where it is discussed: coffee houses, hotel lounges, fishing waters, and street-side stalls. These case studies, and the broader trend in scholarship of which they are a part, allow for a new theorization of the state in Indonesia that more adequately addresses the complexity of political life in this vast archipelago nation. State of Authority demonstrates that the state of Indonesia is not monolithic, but is constituted from the ground up by a host of local negotiations and symbolic practices.

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Introduction: State in Society in Indonesia Gerry van Klinken and Joshua Barker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Reflections on the State in Indonesia Joshua Barker and Gerry van Klinken Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
Negara Beling: Street-Level Authority In An Indonesian Slum Joshua Barker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
Milk Coffee at 10 Am: Encountering the State Through Pllkada in North Sumatra Deasy Simandjuntak Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
The Majelis Ulama Indonesia Versus "Heresy": The Resurgence of Authoritarian Islam John Olle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
Reading Politics From a Book Of Donations: The Moral Economy of the Political Class in Sumba Jacqueline Vel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
Provincial Business and Politics Syarif Hidayat and Gerry van Klinken Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
Governing Villages in Indonesia's Coastal Zone Dorian Fougeres Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Their Moment in the Sun: The New Indonesian Parliamentarians from the Old Okp Loren Ryter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Southeast Asia Program Publications Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221

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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 232
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- Other: photos, maps, illustrations
Keywords: Political Science & Political History; Asian Studies

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Published: May 31, 2018
ISBN: 9781501719448