Decentralization and Adat Revivalism in Indonesia

The Politics of Becoming Indigenous

Dados Bibliográficos

ID19912019
AutoresAdam D Tyson, Adam Tyson (0000-0002-4458-6870, autor correspondente)
Ano2010
Páginas210
Data de publicação2010-07-02
Open AccessNão
TipoBOOK
PeriódicoDecentralization and Adat Revivalism in Indonesia (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9780203849903
OpenAlexW4211099132
Open LibraryOL33739146M
ISBN9780203849903
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas31

This book examines the dynamic process of political transition and indigenous (adat) revival in newly decentralized Indonesia. The political transition in May 1998 set the stage for the passing of Indonesia’s framework decentralization laws. These laws include both political and technocratic efforts to devolve authority from the centre (Jakarta) to the peripheries. Contrary to expectations, enhanced public participation often takes the form of adat revivalism - a deliberate, highly contested and contingent process linked to intensified political struggles throughout the Indonesian archipelago. The author argues adat is aligned with struggles for recognition and remedial rights, including the right to autonomous governance and land. It cannot be understood in isolation, nor can it be separated from the wider world. Based on original fieldwork and using case studies from Sulawesi to illustrate the key arguments, this book provides an overview of the key analytical concepts and a concise review of relevant stages in Indonesian history. It considers struggles for rights and recognition, focusing on regulatory processes and institutional control. Finally, Tyson examines land disputes and resource conflicts. Regional and local conflicts often coalesce around forms of ethnic representation, which are constantly being renegotiated, along with resource allocations and entitlements, and efforts to preserve or reinvent cultural identities. This will be valuable reading for students and researchers in Political Studies, Development Studies, Anthropology and Southeast Asian Studies and Politics

Business · Decentralization · Political science · Asian Studies and History · Law · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies · Adat law · asia · Civil rights · Customary law · Decentralization in government · Ethnic relations · Ethnicity · Ethnology · Human rights · Indigenous peoples · Indonesia · Manners and customs · Political Freedom & Security · politics and government · Social life and customs