Continuity, change, and aspirations
Subtitle: social and cultural life in Minahasa, Indonesia
By: edited by Helmut Buchholt, Ulrich Mai.
Contributors: Buchholt, Helmut.; Mai, Ulrich.
Series: Social issues in Southeast Asia
Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies; ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Singapore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
Subjects: Villages -- Indonesia -- Minahasa Peninsula.; Minahasa Peninsula (Indonesia) -- Social conditions.; Minahasa Peninsula (Indonesia) -- Social life and customs.; Minahasa Peninsula (Indonesia) -- Economic conditions.
Description: This volume on social and economic change in Minahasa is an attempt to make up for the remarkable lack of regional studies on Indonesia. Minahasa has the reputation of being economically and socially more advanced than other outer island regions of the country. Hence, an in-depth regional study, despite obvious individual characteristics of the area, shows development trends for most parts of Indonesia.

Based on extensive empirical field-work in rural Minahasa, the research findings presented in this book add to a wide and colourful picture of the various aspects of the modernization process, with its peculiar mix of continuity, change, and social aspirations. The collection of articles contains relevant information for students and researchers with an interest in village politics, religious life, women's role in rural development, and the impact of state ideology on development.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-228).
Table of contents: title: The impact of the Christian mission on processes of social differentiation / Helmut Buchholt; title: Agama apa?, religious ways of coping with social change / Erika Lünnemann; title: Minahasan festive life in the context of generational change / Christian Kiem; title: The local association as a modern institution of socialization / Ulrich Mai; title: The "division of generations" / Helmut Weber; title: Old elite and new elite in a village of Sonder / Mieke Schouten; title: Women's role in Minahasan rural life; case study from Remboken / Mieke Schouten; title: Women's role in Minahasan rural life, case study from Remboken / Wiesje Lalamentik, Alex Ulaen, Justus Inkiriwang; title: Markets, trade, and the reproduction of trader households / Ulrich Mai and Helmut Buchholt; title: Employment patterns and the role of off-farm labour in rural North Sulawesi / Lucky Sondakh; title: Economic development and social participation / Helmut Buchholt; title: The Indonesian concept of development and its impact on the process of social transformation.