Religious Authority and Local Governance in Eastern Indonesia
$69.42
- Paperback
277 pages
- Release Date
16 July 2018
Summary
Religion plays a key role in everyday affairs in Indonesia-including governance at the local, regional and national level. This book investigates the local governance landscape of the world’s largest Muslim majority state, Indonesia, by providing a detailed account of local communities and religious authority on the eastern Indonesian island of Lombok-one of the nation’s most pious areas. In particular, this book considers the interaction of state and non-state actors and institutions and how…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522871302 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522871305 |
| Author: | Jeremy J. Kingsley |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 277 |
| Release Date: | 16 July 2018 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 135mm |
About The Author
Jeremy J. Kingsley
Jeremy J. Kingsley is a legal scholar and anthropologist. He is a senior lecturer (tenure-track) at Swinburne Law School in Melbourne, Australia. He is also currently a Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Transregional Research Junior Scholar.Jeremy received his LLM and PhD degrees in law at the University of Melbourne and his BA and LLB from Deakin University. He has been a postdoctoral research fellow at the Asia Research Institute and a senior research fellow at the Middle East Institute, both at the National University of Singapore (NUS). While at NUS, he lectured at Tembusu Residential College and within the Comparative Asian Studies PhD Program.His research investigates religious and political authority in Indonesia and how this affects local governance. He has undertaken extensive field research, primarily on the eastern Indonesian island of Lombok. His work has been published in academic and public affairs journals.
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