Who Owns the Indonesian Countryside? From Corporate Capital to Capitalist Farmers and Landlord Capitals
Author Muchtar Habibi Abstract Many recent studies on Indonesia have underlined the importance of corporate capital, either private or state-owned, as the dominant actors in the countryside. This paper argues that in the different contexts of rurality in Indonesia, noncorporate capital, including capitalist farmers and landlord capitalists, functions as a prominent segment of the rural […]
Burning coal in a cleaner way: Institutional fragmentation, power dynamics, and business influence in Indonesia’s biomass co-firing imaginaries
Author Indri Dwi Apriliyanti, Diwangkara Bagus Nugraha Abstract Energy transitions worldwide often encounter challenges stemming from the continued reliance on fossil fuel systems. Indonesia aims to sustain its coal-fired power plants by adopting biomass co-firing technology, presenting it as a strategy to increase renewable energy’s share in the energy mix. This study employs the sociotechnical imaginaries (STIs) framework […]
