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OverviewThis book examines the history of state formation in postcolonial Indonesia by starting with the death of Jan Djong, an activist and a former village head in the little town of Maumere. It historicizes contemporary debates on citizenship in the postcolonial world. Citizenship has been called the “organizing principle of state-society relations in modern states”. Democratization is today most intense in the non-Western, post-colonial world. Yet “real” citizenship seems largely absent there. Only a few rights-claiming, autonomous, and individualistic citizens celebrated in mainstream literature exist in post-colonial countries. In reflecting on one concrete story to examine the core dilemmas facing the study of citizenship in postcolonial settings, this book challenges ethnocentricity found within current scholarly work on citizenship in Europe and North America and addresses issues of institutional fragility, political violence, as well as legitimacy and aspirations to freedom in non-Western cultures. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gerry van KlinkenPublisher: Springer Verlag, Singapore Imprint: Springer Verlag, Singapore Edition: 1st ed. 2019 Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9789811367243ISBN 10: 9811367248 Pages: 152 Publication Date: 18 April 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. Murder in Maumere.2. Rajas rule.3. Postcolonial citizens.4. Factions and faith.5. That chilling moment.6. Citizenship and state formation in postcolonial Indonesia.ReviewsAuthor InformationGerry van Klinken is honorary professor of Southeast Asian history at the University of Amsterdam, and at the University of Queensland. He helped coordinate the international research collaboration, From Clients to Citizens? Emerging Citizenship in Democratizing Indonesia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |