This issue of Focaal is the result of a PhD research seminar on Social security, law and socioeconomic change which was held in Wageningen and Rotterdam in the autumn of 1992. It was jointly organized by Franz von Benda-Beckmann, of the Department of Agrarian Law, Agricultural University Wageningen (AUW), and Keebet von Benda-Beckmann of the Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Law, Erasmu…
In this study I have regularly used Minangkabau and Indonesian words, particularly the basic concepts through which the systems of sociopolitical organization, property, and inheritance are expressed. I trust and hope that the reader will quickly accustom her- or himself to these terms and realize that, e.g., words like jurai, kaum, buah gadang, and suku convey a much clearer impression of soci…
Pergeseran peta kekuasaan di Indonesia dewasa ini memperlihatkan suatu tanda penting dalam hubungan negara dan masyarakat. Jika pada masa sebelumnya negara tampil sebagai pusat yang sangat dominan yang tidak memberikan ruang yang cukup bagi partisipasi politik publik, maka pada masa sekarang ini negara lebih terbuka terhadap partisipasi masyarakat dan terhadap eksistensi kultural dan struktural…