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The Making of Middle Indonesia: Middle Classes in Kupang Town, 1930s-1980s

The Making of Middle Indonesia: Middle Classes in Kupang Town, 1930s-1980s

Van Klinken, Gerry

Hardcover

Series: Verhandelingen Van Het Koninklijk Instituut Voor Taal-, Land, Book 293

General Racism & Ethnic StudiesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 9004265082
ISBN13: 9789004265080
Publisher: Brill
Published: Jan 30 2014
Pages: 300
Weight: 1.36
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
What holds Indonesia together? 'A strong leader' is the answer most often given. This book looks instead at a middle level of society. Middle classes in provincial towns around the vast archipelago mediate between the state and society and help to constitute state power. 'Middle Indonesia' is a social zone connecting extremes. The Making of Middle Indonesia examines the rise of an indigenous middle class in one provincial town far removed from the capital city. Spanning the late colonial to early New Order periods, it develops an unusual, associational notion of political power. 'Soft' modalities of power included non-elite provincial people in the emerging Indonesian state. At the same time, growing inequalities produced class tensions that exploded in violence in 1965-1966.

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