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Democracy cannot be implemented overnight. Democratization is an often unpredictable process. This book concentrates on that political transformation in one of Indonesia’s most ‘traditional’ islands, Sumba. Why does democratization create such great opportunities for local politicians with their private agenda’s? Why does regional autonomy, as part of the national democratization program, promote socio-economic inequality in West Sumba? This book is written out of an intimate knowledge of Sumba’s social groupings. Jacqueline Vel lived in Sumba as a development worker for six years in the 1980's and has made frequent return visits for further research since then. She studied every stage of ‘transition to democracy’ in the local context, thus creating this ethnography of democratization. The book analyses themes apparent in a series of chronological events that occurred over a period of twenty years (1986-2006). Uma Politics is the sequel of Vel’s dissertation The Uma Economy , and the title refers to the uniquely Sumbanese type of network politics. The author brings together tradition with the modern economy, government and politics into an evolving, dynamic concept of political culture. Full text (Open Access)
Democratization -- Indonesia -- Sumba Barat. --- Political culture -- Indonesia -- Sumba Barat. --- Sumba Barat (Indonesia) -- Politics and government. --- Sumba Barat (Indonesia) -- Social conditions -- 21st century. --- Sumbanese (Indonesian people) -- Politics and government. --- Political culture --- Democratization --- Sumbanese (Indonesian people) --- Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East --- History & Archaeology --- East Asia --- Politics and government --- Politics and government. --- Sumba Barat (Indonesia) --- Social conditions --- Sumba (Indonesian people) --- Democratic consolidation --- Democratic transition --- Daerah Tingkat II Sumba Barat (Indonesia) --- Kabupaten Sumba Barat (Indonesia) --- Sumba Barat Regency (Indonesia) --- Ethnology --- Political science --- New democracies --- Culture --- nusa tenggara timur --- politieke elite --- indonesie --- regional autonomy --- democratization --- local government --- politics --- indonesia --- lokale overheid --- politieke veranderingen --- political elite --- sumba barat --- political change --- political culture --- regionale autonomie --- politiek --- democratie --- Adat --- Anakalang --- Golkar --- Jakarta --- Subdivisions of Indonesia --- Waikabubak --- West Sumba Regency
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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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