This is a study of the dynamics of community organization in contemporary Bali and of the ambivalent relationship between village institutions (adat) and those of the Indonesian state (dinas). Profound links between earth, ancestral ties and death ceremonial obligations form the cultural basis for co-operative relations in the village domain and for the defence of local interests in engagements with the state. Most striking is the power and cohesion exhibited by the bajar, the civic community in Bali and the primary focus of this study. The book traces the banjar's role in serving the collective needs of its members and the tensions implicit in its function as an intermediary in the implementation of Indonesian development policies.
- ISBN10 0195886097
- ISBN13 9780195886092
- Publish Date 1 June 1993
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 8 June 1995
- Publish Country AU
- Publisher Oxford University Press Australia
- Imprint OUP Australia and New Zealand
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 386
- Language English