Uma politics : an ethnography of democratization in West Sumba, Indonesia, 1986-2006 / / Jacqueline A.C. Vel

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910130755703321
• Autore: Vel Jacqueline <1958->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden, : KITLV Press, 2008
• ISBN: 90-04-25392-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (295 p.)
• Collana: Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, , 1572-1892 ; ; 260
• Disciplina: 320.95986
• Soggetti: Political culture - Indonesia - Sumba Barat; Democratization - Indonesia - Sumba Barat; Sumbanese (Indonesian people) - Politics and government; Sumba Barat (Indonesia) Politics and government; Sumba Barat (Indonesia) Social conditions 21st century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Directory of Open Access Books: DOAB.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-269) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material -- CHAPTER I: Introduction -- CHAPTER II: Sumba and the state -- CHAPTER III: Tradition, leadership and power -- Village -- CHAPTER IV; Legal pluralism in village politics -- CHAPTER V: Regime change and democratization -- Capital town -- CHAPTER VI: Violence in Waikabubak -- CHAPTER VII: Growing political public -- Small town -- CHAPTER VIII: Creating a new district -- CHAPTER IX: Elections -- CHAPTER X: Conclusions -- Glossary -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Annex 1 -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Democracy cannot be implemented overnight. Democratization is an often unpredictable process. This book concentrates on that political transformation in one of Indonesia’s most ‘traditional’ islands, Sumba. Why does democratization create such great opportunities for local politicians with their private agenda’s? Why does regional autonomy, as part of the national democratization program, promote socio-economic inequality in West Sumba? This book is written out of an intimate knowledge of Sumba’s social groupings. Jacqueline Vel lived in Sumba as a development worker for six years in the 1980's and has made frequent return visits for further research since then. She studied every ; stage of ‘transition to democracy’ in the local context, thus creating this ethnography of democratization. The book analyses themes apparent in a series of chronological events that occurred over a period of twenty years (1986-2006). Uma Politics is the sequel of Vel’s dissertation The Uma Economy , and the title refers to the uniquely Sumbanese type of network politics. The author brings together tradition with the modern economy, government and politics into an evolving, dynamic concept of political culture. Full text (Open Access)