Representations of Development in 19th and 20th Century indonesia: A Transport History Perspective

Howard Dick

Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 2000, vol. 36, issue 1, 185-207

Abstract: Contemporary debate in Indonesia over 'people's economy' and 'globalisation' recalls the vigorous 1950s debate over 'dualism'. Taking as a case study the rise and eclipse of railways, this paper argues that the colonial phenomenon of dualism can with hindsight be reinterpreted as a phase in a previous cycle of globalisation. However, economic history has overlooked the remarkable vitality of the small-scale transport sector. Focus on the small-scale sector highlights the inadequacies of familiar paradigms and suggests the need to reconceptualise long-term socioeconomic change. This analysis has important implications for responses to the current wave of globalisation and how they may be manifest in a more democratic post-Soeharto Indonesia.

Date: 2000
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