A quarterly magazine on the peoples of Indonesia - cultures, politics, economy and environment https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-128-apr-jun-2017 2025-08-31T11:59:47+07:00 Inside Indonesia admin@insideindonesia.org Joomla! - Open Source Content Management 2017-05-09T13:12:12+07:00 2017-05-09T13:12:12+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-128-apr-jun-2017/new-law-new-villages WARD BERENSCHOT & JACQUELINE VEL tlay4996@uni.sydney.edu.au

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/zakaria3.jpg" alt=""></p><p><em>The new Village Law could substantially change Indonesia’s villages. Not necessarily for the better.</em></p>

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/zakaria3.jpg" alt=""></p><p><em>The new Village Law could substantially change Indonesia’s villages. Not necessarily for the better.</em></p> 2017-05-09T13:28:36+07:00 2017-05-09T13:28:36+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-128-apr-jun-2017/creating-indonesia-s-village-law JACQUELINE VEL, YANDO ZAKARIA & ADRIAAN BEDNER tlay4996@uni.sydney.edu.au

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/zakaria1.jpg" alt=""></p><p><em>How a law that goes against many vested interests was enacted</em></p>

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/zakaria1.jpg" alt=""></p><p><em>How a law that goes against many vested interests was enacted</em></p> 2017-05-09T13:36:47+07:00 2017-05-09T13:36:47+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-128-apr-jun-2017/the-myth-of-the-harmonious-village BEN WHITE tlay4996@uni.sydney.edu.au

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/white3.jpg" alt=""></p><p><em>Indonesia’s Village Law fails to provide village communities with control over their elites</em></p>

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/white3.jpg" alt=""></p><p><em>Indonesia’s Village Law fails to provide village communities with control over their elites</em></p> 2017-05-09T23:31:08+07:00 2017-05-09T23:31:08+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-128-apr-jun-2017/new-law-old-bureaucracy YANDO ZAKARIA & JACQUELINE VEL tlay4996@uni.sydney.edu.au

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/vel1.jpg" alt=""></p><p><em>Taking stock after two years of village law implementation</em></p>

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/vel1.jpg" alt=""></p><p><em>Taking stock after two years of village law implementation</em></p> 2017-05-09T23:36:13+07:00 2017-05-09T23:36:13+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-128-apr-jun-2017/the-village-head-as-patron WARD BERENSCHOT & PRIO SAMBODHO tlay4996@uni.sydney.edu.au

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/berenschot1.jpg" alt=""></p><p><em>The Village Law might restore the dominance that village heads enjoyed under Suharto</em></p>

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/berenschot1.jpg" alt=""></p><p><em>The Village Law might restore the dominance that village heads enjoyed under Suharto</em></p> 2017-05-09T23:50:47+07:00 2017-05-09T23:50:47+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-128-apr-jun-2017/participation-in-ngada LILY HOO tlay4996@uni.sydney.edu.au

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/hoo1.jpg" alt=""></p><p><em>Why residents in Ngada district are exceptionally eager to take part in village meetings </em></p>

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/hoo1.jpg" alt=""></p><p><em>Why residents in Ngada district are exceptionally eager to take part in village meetings </em></p> 2017-05-09T23:55:16+07:00 2017-05-09T23:55:16+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-128-apr-jun-2017/when-village-development-fails YULIA INDRI SARI tlay4996@uni.sydney.edu.au

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/sari_1.jpg" alt=""></p><p><em>Faulty administrative procedures led to the misuse of village development funds in Papua</em></p>

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/sari_1.jpg" alt=""></p><p><em>Faulty administrative procedures led to the misuse of village development funds in Papua</em></p> 2017-05-10T00:01:01+07:00 2017-05-10T00:01:01+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-128-apr-jun-2017/traditional-village-institutions-and-the-village-law AGUNG WARDANA & DARMANTO tlay4996@uni.sydney.edu.au

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/wardana1.jpg" alt=""></p><p><em>The Village Law provides recognition for traditional village institutions, but villagers in Bali and Mentawai are not interested</em></p>

<p><img src="https://www.insideindonesia.org//images/wardana1.jpg" alt=""></p><p><em>The Village Law provides recognition for traditional village institutions, but villagers in Bali and Mentawai are not interested</em></p>