From Subjects to Citizens

Balinese Villagers in the Indonesian Nation State

Inbunden, Engelska, 2003

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Analyses the processes by which conservative and introverted Balinese villagers have been incorporated into the Indonesian nation-state. It explores the changing social relations of villagers in their transformation from being subjects of their local "king" to anonymous citizens of the Republic of Indonesia.Although the national unity of Indonesia is now hotly contested, the Suharto regime was long-lived and a development success-story. This book is significant because it shows how we can understand Indonesia in its efforts to become a nation-state. While not in any way attempting to apologize for or glorify the Suharto regime, this study is unusual in showing that the experience of many Indonesian citizens was not of a menacing and coercive state but of a modernizing and developmentalist nation-state.

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Utgivningsdatum2003-10-02
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieDemocracy in Asia
Antal sidor320
FörlagNIAS Press
ISBN9788791114045

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Section I - Introduction: reflections on the study of Bali and the nation-state; introducing Brassika. Section II - Land, caste and massacre: land - its significance and distribution; memories of massacres. Section III - Creating order: from subjects to citizens; pembanunan and patronage. Section IV - Women as subject citizens: sexuality, fertility and family planning; "rational and dynamic" birthing practices. Section V - Schooling the child citizen: the introduction of schooling; making citizens in school. Section VI - Conclusion.