| Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 466 pages) |
| Series |
The Sijori series |
| Contents |
Foreword / by Chan Heng Chee -- Situating the Riau Islands / Francis E. Hutchinson and Siwage Dharma Negara -- The manufacturing sector in Batam : viable or just desirable? / Siwage Dharma Negara and Francis E. Hutchinson -- Tourism in the Riau Islands Province : the sunrise sector / Ady Muzwardi and Siwage Dharma Negara -- Batam's emerging digital economy : back to the future / Francis E. Hutchinson and Siwage Dharma Negara -- Batam's special economic status : a mixed blessing? / Raymond Atje -- Towards "balanced" development in the Riau Islands / Raymond Atje, Siwage Dharma Negara and Columbanus Teto -- Revisiting Kepulauan Riau : shifting relationships in a province of islands / Barbara Watson Andaya -- State formation and state capacity in the Riau Islands Province / Mulya Amri and Faizal Rianto -- Parties in the periphery : organizational dilemmas in Indonesia's Kepri Province / Ulla Fionna -- The rise and decline of labour militancy in Batam / Max Lane -- Urbanization trends in the Riau Islands Province / Wilmar Salim -- The traditionalist response to Wahhabi-Salafism in Batam / Norshahril Saat -- Reconciling economic and environmental imperatives in Batam / Lee Poh Onn -- Living on the edge : being Malay (and Bugis) in the Riau Islands / Andrew M. Carruthers -- The Javanese in the Riau Islands Province / Sita Rohana -- Hasangapon : understanding the political aspirations of Batak migrants in the Riau Islands / Deasy Simandjuntak -- The ethnic Chinese in the Riau Islands : a community with a frontier spirit at the edge of Indonesia / Leo Suryadinata -- The Riau Islands : setting sail? / Siwage Dharma Negara and Francis Hutchinson |
| Summary |
To Singapore's immediate south, Indonesia's Riau Islands has a population of 2 million and a land area of 8,200 sq kilometres scattered across some 2,000 islands. The better-known islands include: Batam, the province's economic motor; Bintan, the area's cultural heartland and site of the provincial capital, Tanjungpinang; and Karimun, a ship-building hub strategically located near the Straits of Malacca. Leveraging on its proximity to Singapore, the Riau Islands-and particularly Batam-have been a key part of Indonesia's strategy to develop its manufacturing sector since the 1990s. In addition to generating a large number of formal sector jobs and earning foreign exchange, this reorientation opened the way for a number of far-reaching political and social developments. Key among them has been: large-scale migration from other parts of the country; the secession of the Riau Islands from the larger Riau Province; and the creation of a new provincial government. Building on earlier work by the ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute on the SIJORI Cross-Border Region, spanning Singapore, the Malaysian state of Johor, and the Riau Islands, and a second volume looking specifically at Johor, the third volume in this series explores the key challenges facing this fledgling Indonesian province. Adopting a multidisciplinary framework, this book explores three issues: what have been the social, political, and environmental effects of the rapid economic change set in motion in the Riau Islands; to what extent can or should the province seek to reconfigure its manufacturing-based economy; and how have the decentralization reforms implemented across Indonesia affected the Riau Islands |
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Vendor-supplied metadata |
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Economic history
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Politics and government
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Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
Kepulauan Riau (Indonesia) -- Economic conditions
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Kepulauan Riau (Indonesia) -- Politics and government
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Kepulauan Riau (Indonesia) -- Social conditions
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| Subject |
Indonesia -- Kepulauan Riau
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hutchinson, Francis E., editor
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Negara, Siwage Dharma, editor
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| ISBN |
9789814951067 |
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9814951064 |
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