The new IQAS issue Vol. 55 No. 2 (2024) "Politics of Marginalisation in Indonesia: The Jokowi Era" discusses the experiences of marginalised communities in Indonesia under the Joko Widodo (Jokowi) government (2014–2024).
The issue focuses on the different life-worlds of marginalised communities in Indonesia. It critically asks how Jokowi’s narrative of modernization and (infrastructural) development affects their lives. Especially relevant is the multiplicity of simultaneous marginalisation. The majority of the groups struggle with this so-called intersectional marginality.
The four contributions draw attention to issues of precarious livelihoods in the context of discrimination, rural poverty, environmental degradation, populist politics, community resistance and health justice. The focus lies on issues of social inequality, exclusion and the protection of human rights in the context of drastic social, political and economic transformations introduced by the Jokowi government. The contributions show, that local communities were often ignored and sidelined by the government to achieve its rigid goals.
Find the new issue here (Open Acess).
Selected Articles
False Hope and Broken Promises: Jokowi’s Human Rights Agenda – A Commentary
Usman Hamid
Rural Social Movements and Popular Struggles under Jokowi’s Presidency
Iqra Anugrah
IQAS (International Quarterly for Asian Studies) has been Germany's leading academic journal on Asia since 1970. It provides a forum for multidisciplinary research on current and historical topics relevant to politics, economics and society in contemporary Asia. It seeks to make the results of social science research on Asia known to a broader public discourse about Asia. The contributions are intended for a public aware that the world's regions and cultures have always been interlinked and, thus, need to be understood in relation to one another. The journal appears quarterly or semi-annually as a double issue in print and an open-access version. The journal is published by the ABI.
All issues can be found on the website of IQAS.