Petani and Priyayi

The Transformation of Rural Java and the Rise of Despotism

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6086559
AutoresTilman Schiel (autor de correspondencia)
Año1990
Volumen5
Número1
Páginas63-85
Fecha de publicación1990-02-01
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0217-9520 • E-ISSN: 1793-2858
EditorialISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute (PUBLISHER • SG)
DOI10.1355/sj5-1c
OpenAlexW2049418004
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas11

The closed corporate village community is a widely accepted ideal type for understanding traditional peasant society. The existence of the typical corporate village, is, however, questionable and it is suggested that villages may be more usefully viewed as open systems within a greater socio-political environment. The village as a small-scale social system in a larger sociopolitical environment, partly shaped by the state, may adapt to changes in this environment. Accordingly, corporate villages may assume different forms depending on state development. This article examines these and other related issues through a consideration of quite different forms of corporate villages, the role of trade, different forms of the state as well as changing notions of the state and how they were applied in colonial times, with particular reference to Java

Java · Programming language · Transformation (genetics · Asian Studies and History · Chemistry · Computer Science · Philippine History and Culture · Socioeconomic Development in Asia