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Record Nr.

UNINA9910140496303321

Autore

Nooteboom Gerben <1970->

Titolo

Forgotten people : poverty, risk and social security in Indonesia : the case of the Madurese / / by Gerben Nooteboom

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Brill, 2015

Leiden, Netherlands : , : BRILL, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

90-04-28298-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 314 pages) : illustrations (chielfy colour), colour maps

Collana

Power and Place in Southeast Asia, , 1572-1892 ; ; Volume 6

Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Landen Volkenkunde, , 1572-1892 ; ; Volume 296

Disciplina

305.5/6909598

Soggetti

Poor - Indonesia

Peasants - Indonesia - Java - Economic conditions

Madurese (Indonesian people) - Indonesia - Kalimantan Timur - Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- A Baseline of Desire: Rural Livelihoods, Inequality and Social Mobility -- Bonds of Protection; Structures of Exclusion: Social Security in East Java -- Styles Matter: Coherent Diversity in Livelihood and Social Security -- Risk Taking: Sex, Gambling and Power -- Badlands: Madurese Livelihoods in East Kalimantan -- Experiences of Violence -- Risk, Illegality and the State in Kalimantan -- Conclusion: Forgotten people?: Poverty, Risk and Social Security in Indonesia -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Forgotten People deals with people living at the fringes of the Indonesian society. It describes and analyses their livelihoods and styles of making a living from an insider perspective. While Indonesia has experienced steady economic growth for more than a decade, the livelihoods and lifestyles of poor people and migrants confronted with poverty and insecurity have received less attention. This book describes and analyses diversity in livelihood strategies, risk-taking and local forms of social security (social welfare) of people living below or close



to the Indonesian poverty line. It puts two categories of forgotten people at the centre. Peasants, living in remote areas in rural Java, and Madurese migrants craving for a better life in urban and rural East Kalimantan. A full text Open Access version is also available.