Informality and citizenship

The everyday state in Indonesia

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4525375
AutoresWard Berenschot (0000-0002-5459-0785, Leiden University), Gerry Van Klinken (0000-0001-7702-1705, University of Amsterdam, autor correspondente)
Ano2018
Volume22
Fascículo2
Páginas95-111
Data de publicação2018-02-17
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCitizenship Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1362-1025 • E-ISSN: 1469-3593
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13621025.2018.1445494
OpenAlexW2796520885
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas56
Referências citadas73

For many citizens in postcolonial states like Indonesia, the reality and experience of citizenship depend not just on the content of laws and regulations but also on the strength of their personal social networks. In this introduction to the special issue, we argue that instead of being antithetical to citizenship, this reliance on personal connections to deal with state institutions should be seen as a constitutive dimension of citizenship. Drawing on the articles in this issue, we illustrate this argument by discussing how informality in its three dimensions - mediation, the invocation of social norms and the use of social affiliations - shape the character of everyday state-citizen interaction in Indonesia. The cultivation of personal connections constitutes an important form of political agency. It enables citizens to deal with the unresponsive and unpredictable nature of Indonesia's state institutions

Argument (complex analysis · Everyday life · Invocation · Social citizenship · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Asian Studies and History