Since colonial rule, the island of Java served as Indonesia's imagined centre and prime example of development, while the Outer Islands were constructed as the state's marginalised periphery. Recent processes of democratisation and regional autonomy, however, have significantly changed the power relations that once produced the marginality of the Outer Islands. This book explores processes of political, economic and cultural transformations in Indonesia, emphasizing their implications for centre-periphery relations from the perspective of the archipelago's 'margins'. Structured along three central themes, the book first provides theoretical contributions to the understanding of marginality in Indonesia. The second part focuses on political transformation processes and their implications for the Outer Islands. The third section investigates the dynamics caused by economic changes on Indonesia's periphery. Chapters writtten by experts in the field offer examples from various regions, which demonstrate how power relations between centre and periphery are getting challenged, contested and reshaped. The book fills a gap in the literature by analysing the implications of the recent transformation processes for the construction of marginality on Indonesia's Outer Islands.

Since colonial rule, the island of Java served as Indonesia's imagined centre and prime example of development, while the Outer Islands were constructed as the state's marginalised periphery. Recent processes of democratisation and regional autonomy, however, have significantly changed the power relations that once produced the marginality of the Outer Islands. This book explores processes of political, economic and cultural transformations in Indonesia, emphasizing their implications for centre-periphery relations from the perspective of the archipelago's 'margins'. Structured along three central themes, the book first provides theoretical contributions to the understanding of marginality in Indonesia. The second part focuses on political transformation processes and their implications for the Outer Islands. The third section investigates the dynamics caused by economic changes on Indonesia's periphery. Chapters writtten by experts in the field offer examples from various regions, which demonstrate how power relations between centre and periphery are getting challenged, contested and reshaped. The book fills a gap in the literature by analysing the implications of the recent transformation processes for the construction of marginality on Indonesia's Outer Islands.

Prozesse der Sakralisierung (Verheiligung) und der Sakularisierung (Verweltlichung) finden in jeder Gesellschaft statt: Religiositat, in welcher Form, bezogen worauf auch immer, entsteht und nimmt zu, oder aber geht wieder zuruck. Meist wird der Staat(sapparat) unter diesem Aspekt untersucht: Wie steht er zu den Religionsgemeinschaften in seinem Herrschaftsbereich? In Hamburg galt seit der Reformation bis zur Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts ein lutherisches Monopol - kurz unterbrochen durch die Herrschaft Napoleons (1811-1813/14). Seither ist die foermliche Einheit von Staat und lutherischer Kirche aufgehoben, weltanschaulicher Pluralismus greift um sich; doch ist der Staat nicht laizistisch, schliesst mit ausgewahlten Religionsgemeinschaften Vertrage, auch etwa mit Muslimen.