In Search of Middle Indonesia: Middle Classes in Provincial Towns

Introduction: Democracy, markets and the assertive middle / Gerry van Klinken –

Part one. Class –

Betting on the middle? Middletown, Mojokuto and "middle Indonesia" / Ben White –

Working class revisited : class relations in Indonesian provincial towns / Nicolaas Warouw –

Class mobil / Jan Newberry –

Part two. The state –

A divided provincial town : the development from ethnic to class-based segmentation in Kupang, West Timor / Sylvia Tidey –

Ethnicity and young people's work aspirations in Pontianak / Wenty Marina Minza –

Resisting reforms : the persistence of patrimonialism in Pekalongan's construction sector / Amalinda Savirani –

Part three. Everyday culture –

Growing up in Kupang / Cornelis Lay (with Gerry van Klinken) –

Islam in provincial Indonesia : middle class, lifestyle and democracy / Noorhaidi Hasan –

In search of middle Indonesian : linguistic dynamics in a provincial town / Joseph Errington.