The state in Indonesian villages : authority, autonomy and apparatus
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The state in Indonesian villages : authority, autonomy and apparatus
（Working papers / Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, Monash University, 131）
Monash University Press, c2009
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 31-33)
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Studies of Indonesia have characterized the state as all-powerful and overbearing, and as dominating society. This working paper offers a critique of the idea that local representatives are simply agents of their state superiors by viewing interactions between the state and the local community from 'below.' Drawing on research into the killings of alleged sorcerers in the Banyuwangi District of East Java, Dr. Nicholas Herriman demonstrates that state power in Banyuwangi is negotiated, and that local state officials negotiate with, and are influenced by, local residents.
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