The Center for Development Research (ZEF) is an international and interdisciplinary academic research institute of the Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn, Germany, EU. ZEF's research aims at finding solutions to global development issues. A 10 years strategy plan outlines land- and water use, biodiversity, public health and renewable energies as priority transdisciplinary research areas.
Indonesia, one of the largest and most diverse countries of Asia, is undergoing rapid social transformations. Based on intensive field research in Java, Sumatra and Kalimantan the authors discuss modernization and social change at the grassroots, like ethnic and cultural dynamics, changing gender and labour relations, social mobility and middle class formation. Furthermore a general cultural analysis of the Indonesian state and society is designed to put diverse processes into a consistent framework and enable the reader to interpret current political and economic trends.
The Center for Development Research (ZEF) is an international and interdisciplinary academic research institute of the Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn, Germany, EU. ZEF's research aims at finding solutions to global development issues. A 10 years strategy plan outlines land- and water use, biodiversity, public health and renewable energies as priority transdisciplinary research areas.
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