Urban Kampung: Its Genesis and Transformation into Metropolis, with particular reference to Penggilingan in Jakarta
Description
Cities in Indonesia are experiencing an opposing problem of urban transformation, especially Jakarta, where the progress of modernisation is complicated by the increasingly destitute kampung settlements. In economic terms, such transformation is readily identified by the presence of two modes of economy, that is, the capitalist mode of economy and the pre-capitalist mode of economy, or the 'bazaar economy'. As such constitute only a fragment of the social practices within which the Indonesian society is produced and reproduced. The study examines the dual image of Jakarta and conc...
ISBN(s)
9783639081909
