1st Edition
Capitalism and Agrarian Change Class, Production and Reproduction in Indonesia
2 Exposing Class Dynamics of Agrarian Change Under Capitalism
3 Agrarian Change in Indonesia and the State
4 Situating the Agrarian Change in Java and Sumatera
5 Class Dynamics of Agrarian Change in Java and Sumatera
6 Agricultural Production in Java and Sumatera
7 Class Reproduction in Java and Sumatera
8 Conclusion
Biography
Muchtar Habibi is a Lecturer in the Department of Public Policy and Management, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at the Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia.
"This is a fine study of class differentiation in rural Indonesia, the first by an Indonesian scholar for a long time. It is based on fieldwork in two villages, one centred on rice in Java and the other on palm oil in Sumatra. The book skilfully traces the dynamics of class and generational reproduction, including non-farming activities and earnings of different classes. It is of great interest and value to those studying rural change in other regions of the global South."
Henry Bernstein
, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK
"Overall, Habibi’s book is an important contribution to the literature on agrarian change in the contemporary era from a critical political economy perspective."
Venkatesh B. Athreya, Retired Professor of Economics, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli
"This book is a classic in the making on the political economy of agrarian change in Indonesia. It reminds and shows us why and how class analysis is fundamental, without which any study of social change will not mean much. It must be read by all academic researchers, policy practitioners and social movement activists not only to avoid serious mistakes in intellectual, policy and political work, but in order to have a clear and useful guide in building alternatives."
Saturnino M. Borras, Professor of Agrarian Studies at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam
