Uma politics : an ethnography of democratization in West Sumba, Indonesia, 1986-2006
This book is written out of an intimate knowledge of Sumba's social groupings, from farmers through Chinese shopkeepers and government officials. Jacqueline Vel lived in Sumba as a development worker for six years in the 1980s and has made frequent return visits for further research since then. She studied every stage of 'transition to democracy' in the local context, thus creating this ethnography of democratization
Print Book, English, 2008
KITLV Press, Leiden, 2008