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Set in West Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, this study explores the shifting relationships between border communities and the state along the political border with East Malaysia. The book rests on the premise that remote border regions offer an exciting study arena that can tell us important things about how marginal citizens relate to their nation-state. The basic assumption is that central state authority in the Indonesian borderlands has never been absolute, but waxes and wanes, and state rules and laws are always up for local interpretation and negotiation. In its role as key symbol of state sovereignty, the borderland has become a place were central state authorities are often most eager to govern and exercise power. But as illustrated, the borderland is also a place were state authority is most likely to be challenged, questioned and manipulated as border communities often have multiple loyalties that transcend state borders and contradict imaginations of the state as guardians of national sovereignty and citizenship. Full text (Open Access)

Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East --- History & Archaeology --- East Asia --- Illegitimacy and crime --- Patronage, Political --- Lumber trade --- Guerrilla warfare --- Kapuas Hulu (Indonesia) --- Politics and government. --- Unconventional warfare --- Lumber industry --- Timber industry --- Political patronage --- Spoils system --- Crime and illegitimacy --- Insurgency --- War --- Irregular warfare --- Forest products industry --- Lumbering --- Civil service reform --- Crime --- Guerrilla warfare. --- Illegitimacy and crime. --- Lumber trade. --- Patronage, Political. --- Indonesia --- Kabupaten Kapuas Hulu (Indonesia) --- Daerah Tingkat II Kapuas Hulu (Indonesia) --- Clientelism, Political --- Patron-client politics --- Political clientelism --- Political sociology --- indonesia --- kalimantan --- local politics --- borderland studies --- Dutch language --- Iban people --- Lumber --- Malaysia --- Sarawak --- West Kalimantan