Local issues and changes: the post-new order situation in rural Lombok.(Research Notes and Comments) From: SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia | Date: April 1, 2004| Author: Hunter, Cynthia L. | COPYRIGHT 2004 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The last few years in Indonesia have seen many changes occurring as a result of unprecedented events--a financial crisis in 1997, the downfall of Soeharto's New Order in 1998, the instability of several governments 1998-2001, all amidst religious, economic, and ethnic disturbances and violence in many areas in Indonesia. At the same time laws of decentralization and regional autonomy provide new processes incorporating a democratic response and reaction to Soeharto's New Order. This paper e...

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