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State transformation and cross-border regionalism in Indonesia’s periphery: contesting the centre

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  • Moch Faisal Karim

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This article examines how the decentralisation and fragmentation of the Indonesian state and resultant central–local dynamics affect cross-border regionalism in Indonesia’s periphery. It argues that cross-border regionalism projects are best understood as sites for scalar contestation over regulatory control between central and local government. Moreover, scalar contestation around cross-border regional projects is characterised by the struggles to control relationships with transnational capital between elites operating at different tiers of the state. When elites at different scales have conflicting interests and strategies, this can cause policy incoherence, inhibiting the development of cross-border regionalism. Conversely, when they align, and intersect with the interests of transnational business, cross-border regionalism can succeed. To illustrate the argument, this article utilises the comparative case studies of the Batam free trade zone and West Kalimantan–Sarawak cross-border cooperation.

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  • Moch Faisal Karim, 2019. "State transformation and cross-border regionalism in Indonesia’s periphery: contesting the centre," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 40(8), pages 1554-1570, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:40:y:2019:i:8:p:1554-1570
    DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2019.1620598
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    1. Shofwan Al Banna Choiruzzad & Adam Tyson & Helena Varkkey, 2021. "The ambiguities of Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil certification: internal incoherence, governance rescaling and state transformation," Asia Europe Journal, Springer, vol. 19(2), pages 189-208, June.

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