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The state of coal mining in East Kalimantan: towards a political ecology of local stateness
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Abstract The article aims at expanding political ecology research towards the role and constitution of states by demonstrating how local stateness is negotiated within conflicts over natural resources. It draws on a qualitative field study on the conflict over coal mining in East Kalimantan's capital Samarin... view more
The article aims at expanding political ecology research towards the role and constitution of states by demonstrating how local stateness is negotiated within conflicts over natural resources. It draws on a qualitative field study on the conflict over coal mining in East Kalimantan's capital Samarinda, Indonesia, where certain characteristics of states, such as the monopoly of violence and the rule of law, are being affirmed, altered, or undermined through practices of state and non-state actors alike. These practices do not only challenge state representations, but also reveal the symbolic importance of ideas about the state. The theoretical framework is developed on the basis of Joel S. Migdal's state in society approach together with a later work of Pierre Bourdieu and Philip Abrams' thoughts about the nature of states. (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
theory-practice; mining; Indonesia; coal; politics; environmental policy; ecology; theory of the state
Classification
Ecology, Environment
Economic Sectors
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 147-161
Journal
ASEAS - Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies, 9 (2016) 1
Issue topic
Political ecology and socio-ecological conflicts
ISSN
1999-253X
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works