Description - Political Change and Territoriality in Indonesia by Ehito Kimura
What makes large, multi-ethnic states hang together? At a time when ethnic and religious conflict has gained global prominence, the territorial organization of states is a critical area of study. This book explores how multi-ethnic and geographically dispersed states grapple with questions of territorial administration and change. While some scholars argue that states organize and change territorial administration to maximize political and economic efficiency, this book argues otherwise. Territorial change is not simply a result of state policy or bureaucratic administration. It is a result of ongoing negotiations between states and societies a where mutual and overlapping interests can often emerge. The experience of Indonesia after the fall of authoritarianism is exemplary. Since 1999, its territorial organization has changed drastically where a flourishing of territorial units has occurred. The number of provinces has increased from 26 to 33 and the number of districts has risen from 290 to nearly 450. Given the relatively stable number of provinces and districts during the New Order period, this drastic change in territoriality is puzzling.
Competing accounts for new province formation include efficiency, social movement, and elite politics explanations. Ehito Kimura argues that the concept of 'territorial coalitions' --alliances that span a variety of actors at different levels of territorial administration' explains why and how this phenomenon of territorial change is occurring in Indonesia.
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