TY - BOOK AU - Tyson,Adam D. TI - Decentralization and adat revivalism in Indonesia: the politics of becoming indigenous SN - 9780415780117 (cloth : alk. paper) U1 - 323.1598 PY - 2010/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Indigenous peoples KW - Indonesia KW - Politics and government KW - Social life and customs KW - Ethnicity KW - Adat law KW - Decentralization in government N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; This book examines the dynamic process of political transition and indigenous (adat) revival in newly decentralized Indonesia. The political transition in May 1998 set the stage for the passing of Indonesia’s framework decentralization laws. These laws include both political and technocratic efforts to devolve authority from the centre (Jakarta) to the peripheries ER -