The Riau Islands : setting sail / edited by Francis E. Hutchinson & Siwage Dharma Negara.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hutchinson, Francis E., editor.

Negara, Siwage Dharma, editor.

ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, issuing body.

Series:

SIJORI series ; v. 3.

The Sijori series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kepulauan Riau (Indonesia)--Economic conditions.

Kepulauan Riau (Indonesia).

Kepulauan Riau (Indonesia)--Politics and government.

Kepulauan Riau (Indonesia)--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvii, 466 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Singapore : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, 2021.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

To Singapore's immediate south, Indonesia's Riau Islands has a population of 2 million and a land area of 8,200 sq kilometres scattered across some 2,000 islands. The better-known islands include: Batam, the province's economic motor; Bintan, the area's cultural heartland and site of the provincial capital, Tanjungpinang; and Karimun, a ship-building hub strategically located near the Straits of Malacca. Leveraging on its proximity to Singapore, the Riau Islands-and particularly Batam-have been a key part of Indonesia's strategy to develop its manufacturing sector since the 1990s. In addition to generating a large number of formal sector jobs and earning foreign exchange, this reorientation opened the way for a number of far-reaching political and social developments. Key among them has been: large-scale migration from other parts of the country; the secession of the Riau Islands from the larger Riau Province; and the creation of a new provincial government. Building on earlier work by the ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute on the SIJORI Cross-Border Region, spanning Singapore, the Malaysian state of Johor, and the Riau Islands, and a second volume looking specifically at Johor, the third volume in this series explores the key challenges facing this fledgling Indonesian province. Adopting a multidisciplinary framework, this book explores three issues: what have been the social, political, and environmental effects of the rapid economic change set in motion in the Riau Islands; to what extent can or should the province seek to reconfigure its manufacturing-based economy; and how have the decentralization reforms implemented across Indonesia affected the Riau Islands.

Contents:

Foreword / by Chan Heng Chee

Situating the Riau Islands / Francis E. Hutchinson and Siwage Dharma Negara

The manufacturing sector in Batam : viable or just desirable? / Siwage Dharma Negara and Francis E. Hutchinson

Tourism in the Riau Islands Province : the sunrise sector / Ady Muzwardi and Siwage Dharma Negara

Batam's emerging digital economy : back to the future / Francis E. Hutchinson and Siwage Dharma Negara

Batam's special economic status : a mixed blessing? / Raymond Atje

Towards "balanced" development in the Riau Islands / Raymond Atje, Siwage Dharma Negara and Columbanus Teto

Revisiting Kepulauan Riau : shifting relationships in a province of islands / Barbara Watson Andaya

State formation and state capacity in the Riau Islands Province / Mulya Amri and Faizal Rianto

Parties in the periphery : organizational dilemmas in Indonesia's Kepri Province / Ulla Fionna

The rise and decline of labour militancy in Batam / Max Lane

Urbanization trends in the Riau Islands Province / Wilmar Salim

The traditionalist response to Wahhabi-Salafism in Batam / Norshahril Saat

Reconciling economic and environmental imperatives in Batam / Lee Poh Onn

Living on the edge : being Malay (and Bugis) in the Riau Islands / Andrew M. Carruthers

The Javanese in the Riau Islands Province / Sita Rohana

Hasangapon : understanding the political aspirations of Batak migrants in the Riau Islands / Deasy Simandjuntak

The ethnic Chinese in the Riau Islands : a community with a frontier spirit at the edge of Indonesia / Leo Suryadinata

The Riau Islands : setting sail? / Siwage Dharma Negara and Francis Hutchinson.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789814951050

9814951056

OCLC:

1273427754