Article: Resource claims between tradition and modernity: masyarakat adat strategies in Mului (Kalimantan Timur).

Since the introduction of administrative and fiscal decentralization in 1999 and their implementation in January 2001 through law 22/1999 and law 25/1999 respectively, Indonesian local politics have been undergoing thorough revisions. (1) Whereas many aspects of local governance were under direct control of the central government during the Orde Baru, law 22/1999 delegated a number of wide and varied powers and responsibilities to lower administrative levels and to the districts (kabupaten) in particular. Many local governments instantly set to work in implementing changes in administrative, social and economic policies so as to fit central regulations to local ...

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