Conclusion: Forgotten people?: Poverty, Risk and Social Security in Indonesia

Abstract

"Forgotten People deals with people living at the fringes of the Indonesian society. It describes and analyses their livelihoods and styles of making a living from an insider perspective. While Indonesia has experienced steady economic growth for more than a decade, the livelihoods and lifestyles of poor people and migrants confronted with poverty and insecurity have received less attention. This book describes and analyses diversity in livelihood strategies, risk-taking and local forms of social security (social welfare) of people living below or close to the Indonesian poverty line. It puts two categories of forgotten people at the centre. Peasants, living in remote areas in rural Java, and Madurese migrants craving for a better life in urban and rural East Kalimantan"-- East Java -- A baseline of desire -- Rural livelihoods, inequality and social mobility -- Bonds of protection; structures of exclusion -- Social security in East Java -- Styles matter -- Coherent diversity in livelihood and social security -- Risk taking -- Sex, gambling and power -- East Kalimantan -- Badlands -- Madurese livelihoods in East Kalimantan -- Experiences of violence -- Risk, illegality and the state in Kalimantan -- Conclusion: Forgotten people? poverty, risk and social security in Indonesia.