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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823691803321

Titolo

Ropewalking and safety nets : local ways of managing insecurities in Indonesia / / edited by Juliette Koning and Frans Husken

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2006

ISBN

1-281-45787-6

9786611457877

90-474-1148-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Collana

Social sciences in Asia, , 1567-2794 ; ; v. 12

Altri autori (Persone)

KoningJuliette

HuskenFrans

Disciplina

362.9598

Soggetti

Social problems - Indonesia

Indonesia Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""CHAPTER FIVE SAFETY FIRST: STRATEGIES OF MANAGING INSECURITY AMONG CHINESE INDONESIANS IN YOGYAKARTA --- Andreas Susanto""""CHAPTER SIX MANAGING MONEY: URBAN SELF-HELP ORGANISATIONS IN YOGYAKARTA --- Hotze Lont""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN FISHERMEN AND FARMERS: ENTREPRENEURS IN RISKS, RESOURCES AND RESOURCE-RISKS? --- Juliette Koning""; ""CHAPTER EIGHT STYLES MATTER: LIVELIHOOD AND INSECURITY IN THE EAST JAVANESE UPLANDS --- Gerben Nooteboom""; ""REFERENCES""; ""GLOSSARY""; ""CONTRIBUTORS""; ""INDEX""

Sommario/riassunto

In this volume, anthropologists and sociologists address the issue of changing forms of local social security in Indonesia, pointing to increasingly exclusivist tendencies that leave the poor and weak out. It provides rich data from cases studies in urban and rural Java.