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Book SynopsisThe middle classes of Indonesia’s provincial towns are not particularly rich yet nationally influential. This book examines them ethnographically. Rather than a market-friendly, liberal middle class, it finds a conservative petty bourgeoisie just out of poverty and skilled at politics. Please note that Sylvia Tidey's article (pp. 89-110) will only be available in the print edition of this book (9789004263000).
Trade Review"Many of the chapters, then, are written by Indonesian scholars, and herein lies the value of this collection: it provides a view of contemporary society and democracy as it is seen by Indonesian people." – Emma Baulch, in Pacific Affairs 89.1 (2016), p. 230-232.
Table of ContentsAbout the Authors Preface List of Illustrations Introduction: 1. Gerry van Klinken - Democracy, markets and the assertive middle Class: 2. Ben White - Betting on the middle? Middletown, Mojokuto and ‘Middle Indonesia’ 3. Nicolaas Warouw - Working class revisited: Class relations in Indonesian provincial towns 4. Jan Newberry - Class Mobil The state: 5. Sylvia Tidey - A divided provincial town: The development from ethnic to class-based segmentation in Kupang 6. Wenty Marina Minza - Ethnicity and young people’s work aspirations in Pontianak 7. Amalinda Savirani - Resisting reforms: The persistence of patrimonialism in Pekalongan’s construction sector Everyday culture: 8. Cornelis Lay (with Gerry van Klinken) - Growing up in Kupang 9. Noorhaidi Hasan - Islam in provincial Indonesia: Middle class, lifestyle and democracy 10. Joseph Errington - In search of Middle Indonesian: Linguistic dynamics in a provincial town Bibliography Index
