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As the baby boom generation ages, there are few ethnographies that
capture the dynamics of aging. This new book is based on years of
participant observation in "the Sands," a beautiful ocean community
of well-off individuals and couples seeking the easy life. Yet the
community members contend with deep uncertainties about health as
they learn to face the realities of death. Identity, sexuality,
gender, and conflict play into a sense of "who belongs where," who
is counted a friend or stranger in the struggles of old age. Warren
shows how the vicissitudes of the aging body center the present and
become anchors for the past and future. Expressed in beautiful
literary prose, this book moves beyond wealth to explore the
realities of aging in poignant new ways that will enliven
discussion in courses on Gerontology, Medical Sociology,
Inequality, and many others.
As the baby boom generation ages, there are few ethnographies that
capture the dynamics of aging. This new book is based on years of
participant observation in "the Sands," a beautiful ocean community
of well-off individuals and couples seeking the easy life. Yet the
community members contend with deep uncertainties about health as
they learn to face the realities of death. Identity, sexuality,
gender, and conflict play into a sense of "who belongs where," who
is counted a friend or stranger in the struggles of old age. Warren
shows how the vicissitudes of the aging body center the present and
become anchors for the past and future. Expressed in beautiful
literary prose, this book moves beyond wealth to explore the
realities of aging in poignant new ways that will enliven
discussion in courses on Gerontology, Medical Sociology,
Inequality, and many others.
This book explores the forces reconfiguring local resource
governance in Indonesia since 1998, drawing together original field
research undertaken in a decade of dramatic political change. Case
studies from across Indonesia's diverse cultural and ecological
landscapes focus on the most significant resource sectors -
agriculture, fisheries, forestry, mining and tourism -providing a
rare in-depth view of the dynamics shaping social and environmental
outcomes in these varied contexts. Debates surrounding the 'tragedy
of the commons' and environmental governance have focused on
institutional considerations of how to craft resource management
arrangements in order to further the policy objectives of economic
efficiency, social equity and environmental sustainability. The
studies in this volume reveal the complexity of resource security
issues affecting local communities and user groups in Indonesia as
they engage with wider institutional frameworks in a context driven
simultaneously by decentralizing and globalizing forces. Through
ground up investigations of how local groups with different
cultural backgrounds and resource bases are responding to the
greater autonomy afforded by Indonesia's new political
constellation, the authors appraise the prospects for
rearticulating governance regimes toward a more equitable and
sustainable 'commonweal'. This volume offers valuable insights into
questions of import to scholars as well as policy-makers concerned
with decentralized governance and sustainable resource management.
This book explores the forces reconfiguring local resource
governance in Indonesia since 1998, drawing together original field
research undertaken in a decade of dramatic political change. Case
studies from across Indonesia's diverse cultural and ecological
landscapes focus on the most significant resource sectors -
agriculture, fisheries, forestry, mining and tourism -providing a
rare in-depth view of the dynamics shaping social and environmental
outcomes in these varied contexts. Debates surrounding the 'tragedy
of the commons' and environmental governance have focused on
institutional considerations of how to craft resource management
arrangements in order to further the policy objectives of economic
efficiency, social equity and environmental sustainability. The
studies in this volume reveal the complexity of resource security
issues affecting local communities and user groups in Indonesia as
they engage with wider institutional frameworks in a context driven
simultaneously by decentralizing and globalizing forces. Through
ground up investigations of how local groups with different
cultural backgrounds and resource bases are responding to the
greater autonomy afforded by Indonesia's new political
constellation, the authors appraise the prospects for
rearticulating governance regimes toward a more equitable and
sustainable 'commonweal'. This volume offers valuable insights into
questions of import to scholars as well as policy-makers concerned
with decentralized governance and sustainable resource management.
The Politics of Environment in Southeast Asia charts the emergence
of the environment as an issue of public debate in the region.
Through a series of case studies the authors explore the
coalescence of social forces around environmental issues, the
process of alliance formation, and the role of state institutions,
media and NGOs in the complex political battles over resource
allocation.
The volatile tensions between the winners and losers in this
struggle for the environment will make Southeast Asia a focus of
increased attention.
The Politics of Environment in Southeast Asia charts the emergence
of the environment as an issue of public debate in the region.
Through a series of case studies the authors explore the
coalescence of social forces around environmental issues, the
process of alliance formation, and the role of state institutions,
media and NGOs in the complex political battles over resource
allocation.
The volatile tensions between the winners and losers in this
struggle for the environment will make Southeast Asia a focus of
increased attention.
Half of Indonesia's massive population still lives on farms, and
for these tens of millions of people the revolutionary promise of
land reform remains largely unfulfilled. The Basic Agrarian Law,
enacted in the wake of the Indonesian Revolution, was supposed to
provide access to land and equitable returns for peasant farmers.
But fifty years later, the law's objectives of social justice have
not been achieved. Land for the People provides a comprehensive
look at land conflict and agrarian reform throughout Indonesia's
recent history, from the roots of land conflicts in the
prerevolutionary period, and the Sukarno and Suharto regimes, to
the present day, in which democratization is creating new contexts
for peoples' claims to the land. Drawing on studies from across
Indonesia's diverse landscape, the contributors examine some of the
most significant issues and events affecting land rights, including
shifts in policy from the early postrevolutionary period to the New
Order; the Land Administration Project that formed the core of land
policy during the late New Order period; a long-running and
representative dispute over a golf course in West Java that pitted
numerous indigenous farmers in Kalimantan against the urban elite;
Suharto's notorious \u201cmillion hectare\u201d project that
resulted in loss of access to land and resources for numerous
farmers; and the struggle by Bandung's urban poor to be treated
equitably in the context of commercial land development. Together,
these essays provide a critical resource for understanding one of
Indonesia's most pressing and most influential issues.
Contributors: Afrizal, Dianto Bachriadi, Anton Lucas, John
McCarthy, John Mansford Prior, Gustaaf Reerink, Carol Warren, and
Gunawan Wiradi.
Southeast Asian Lives presents life stories of ordinary people in
Southeast Asia, one of the most dynamic and rapidly changing
regions in the world. The narratives illustrate the richness of
life histories in revealing what it was like to go through the
wrenching social adjustments that accompanied successive political
transformations as Southeast Asia moved from colonialism through
wartime occupation by the Japanese to the emergence of new nation
states. The authors who present these life stories are all
anthropologists. Their narratives bear witness to fieldwork
encounters that gave rise to close, long term friendships with the
remarkable personalities whose lives are presented here, or with
their families. By explaining the cultural and historical context
of these highly personal, intimate accounts, the authors make them
accessible to the widest possible audience and show what a fertile
source such material can be for an anthropology that seeks to do
justice to personal experience. ""Southeast Asian Lives"" is a
valuable resource for anthropologists and for researchers studying
literature, history, biography and personal narratives. However,
the book is much more than that. These moving accounts of real
people adjusting to massive change offer a fascinating picture of
the world of Southeast Asia that will intrigue anyone living in or
concerned with this extraordinary region.
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