Citizenship Diversified

Bali-Hindu Customary Institutions and Democratization

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ID4524910
AuthorsLene Holm Pedersen (0000-0003-0933-7585, Central Washington University, corresponding author), Lene Pedersen (Central Washington University)
Year2021
Volume25
Issue5
Pages694-714
Publication date2021-07-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCitizenship Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1362-1025 • E-ISSN: 1469-3593
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13621025.2021.1911934
OpenAlexW3155900354
LanguageEN
References cited38

Customary citizenship practices and their implications for contemporary citizenship and democratization remain under-recognized. Recent contributions to Citizenship Studies expand the study of citizenship to include everyday practices in Indonesia, yet they limit their focus to state-related practices or recognize customary practices as citizenship, only to conclude that they ended with colonization. To include customary institutions in our consideration of citizenship, this article draws on contemporary ethnographic fieldwork in a Balinese polity to discuss how villagers practice citizenship through customary institutions in the context of national democracy, in particular customary associations and social networks. In addition, I urge that we bring new perspective to these institutions by paying attention to the customary associations’ informal arenas where women’s roles become more visible, and that we avoid conflating customary networks with party-political networks. To understand citizenship and democratization in their diversity, it is important to tell the multiple stories of everyday practices

Citizenship · Democracy · Democratization · Geography · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Polity · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Asian Studies and History · Gender Studies · Law · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies

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