The Village Concept in the Transformation of Rural Southeast Asia: Studies from Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies) - Hardcover

Gunnarsson, Christer; Hoadley, Mason C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0700703500 ISBN 13: 9780700703500

Publisher: Routledge, 1996

Synopsis

Using examples from Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, the book considers what scholarship has defined as a village within the rapid changes taking place in rural Southeast Asia.

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Synopsis

Using examples from Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, this study considers the position of what scholarship (often with a Europocentric bias) has considered a "village" within the rapid changes taking place in rural Southeast Asia. More specifically, the essays centre around the village as a creation of the (neo)colonial state, as de-construction within the capitalist state, as well as the focus of present-day government policies. The work is directed at established scholars and students of Southeast Asia by raising fundamental research issues in connection with the creation/modification of the village as a basic unit within Southeast Asian development strategies. The contributions of an international group of scholars include both a rethinking of known data and the village as a unit of development and administration.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0700703500
• ISBN 13: 9780700703500
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 250