Since colonial rule, the island of Java served as Indonesia s imagined centre and prime example of development, while the Outer Islands were constructed as the state s marginalised periphery. Recent processes of democratisation and regional autonomy, however, have significantly changed the power relations that once produced the marginality of the Outer Islands.

This book explores processes of political, economic and cultural transformations in Indonesia, emphasizing their implications for centre-periphery relations from the perspective of the archipelago s margins . Structured along...