Mason C. Hoadley

Javanese, Peranakan, and Chinese Elites in Cirebon: Changing Ethnic Boundaries

This article traces the development of ethnic relations in West Java during the period of transition from local government to Dutch colonial rule. Changes in relations between Javanese and Chinese-origin elites provide its subject matter, the West Javanese principality of Cirebon its locale, and the half century preceding the massacre of the Chinese in Batavia by the Dutch East India company in 1740 its period.

The Corruption Bazaar; A Conceptual Discussion

Corruption is a salient feature of human condition in any organised society. Where risks are low and the returns are high, corruption is almost inevitable. Nevertheless, defining corruption is difficult, especially as there are forms of behaviour that break with the rules and mores of the organisation that may or may not be termed corruption. Many approaches implicitly assume corruption to be anomalous. This paper argues that corruption should not be seen from a moralistic position as deviation behaviour from Eurocentric, Weberian standards. Rather, it should be analysed through what we term the bazaar model of interpersonal behaviour, emphasising primarily economic motives, coupled with an inductive, inside-outside approach.

War, Culture and Economy in Java, 1677–1726: Asian and European Imperialism in the Early Kartasura Period . By M. C. Ricklefs. Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 1993. xviii, 412 pp.

Introduction - social, cultural, economic and military settings c1651-70 the disintegration of the state of Mataram, 1677 foreign intervention and the return to Central Java, 1677-80 re-establishing dynastic authority in Central Java, 1680-82 the attempt at separate empires - Kartasura, the VOC and Madura, c1681-85 the crisis of 1686 - Surapati and the slaughter of the Europeans at Kartasura waiting for war, 1686-95 VOC-Kartasura impasse and the crumbling of the Kartasura state, 1696-1703 politics, culture and technology in the first Javanese war of succession, 1704-8 politics and economics in the quieter years of Pakabuwana I, 1709-17 religion and war in the East and the outbreak of the second Javanese war of succession, 1717-19 the victory of the Kartasura-Company Alliance, 1719-23 the new order in pacified Java, c1721-26 conclusion - war, economy and cultural reinforcement.