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Showing papers in "Sojourn in 1997"


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01 Oct 1997-Sojourn
TL;DR: In this paper, an attempt to explain the increasing conflicts particularly between migrants and various local ethnic groups from the broader perspectives of economic and political changes under the New Order is presented. But it does not consider the social and political issues considered by the government to be potentially divisive -such as class and ideological cleavages ethnicity race and religion.
Abstract: Indonesias current population is two hundred million. The population although divided into approximately three hundred ethnic groups includes relatively few significant ethnic entities and of these the Javanese is the largest. The majority of the population is Muslim but other religions with a minority status are protected under the precepts of Pancasila the uniting state ideology. When the New Order government took power in 1966 its highest priority was economic development and it also regulated political activities. In this context social and political issues considered by the government to be potentially divisive - such as class and ideological cleavages ethnicity race and religion - have been strongly submerged. Recent social and political developments indicate that the political-demographic configuration of the society is experiencing a rapid change and there have been conflicts between groups or classes of the population. This paper is an attempt to explain the increasing conflicts particularly between migrants and various local ethnic groups from the broader perspectives of economic and political changes under the New Order. (authors)

17 citations


Journal ArticleDOI
01 Apr 1997-Sojourn
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the gender policies and prescriptions formulated by reformist leaders, whose recommendations had important implications for the lives of Chinese women in Singapore, and show that the reformation of Straits Chinese women was an integral and essential component of the cultural reform programme.
Abstract: From about 1895 to 1910, prominent leaders of the Straits Chinese community in Singapore implemented a cultural reform movement, with the aim of reconstructing the meaning of Straits Chinese ethnic identity. The movement attempted to revive and re-invent aspects of Chinese tradition, while at the same time making an accommodation with pressures for modernization. This paper focuses on the gender policies and prescriptions formulated by reformist leaders, whose recommendations had important implications for the lives of Chinese women in Singapore. It is shown that the reformation of Straits Chinese women was an integral and essential component of the cultural reform programme.

14 citations


Journal ArticleDOI
01 Oct 1997-Sojourn
TL;DR: The comparative experience of Sikhs in post-colonial Indonesia Singapore and Malaysia suggests that the state through its abilities to constrain global flows of people and images and to recognize and manage social difference within the polity remains a powerful force in mediating transnational processes and diasporic identities.
Abstract: The comparative experience of Sikhs in post-colonial Indonesia Singapore and Malaysia suggests that the state through its abilities to constrain global flows of people and images and to recognize and manage social difference within the polity remains a powerful force in mediating transnational processes and diasporic identities. (authors)

3 citations