Policies and Polls: Elections and Land Conflicts in Paser, Indonesia

This paper deals with the impact of direct bupati (district head) elections on local politics with regard to land conflicts in the district of Paser, Indonesia. I discuss the position and influence of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in this process and their usage of adat-based land claims. Th...

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Main Author: Laurens Bakker
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: SEAS - Society for South-East Asian Studies 2009-01-01
Series:ASEAS - Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies
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Online Access:http://www.seas.at/aseas/2_1/pdf/ASEAS_2_1_A3.pdf