Most literature on the economic crisis in indonesia has focused on the negative macro-economic impacts during the "crisis-years" of 1997-99. The case studies presented in this book take a different perspective. With a longitudinal research perspective, this comparative study analyses a wide...

Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures and Maps -- Preface -- 1 Making a Living in Turbulent Times: Livelihoods and Resource Allocation in Tana Toraja During Indonesia's Economic and Political Crises -- 2 Through Turbulent Times: Diversity, Vulnerability, and Resilience...

Social movements have been viewed as vehicles through which the concerns of poor and marginalised groups are given greater visibility within civil society, lauded for being the means to achieve local empowerment and citizen activism, and seen as essential in holding the state to account and...