Social Security Between Past and Future: Ambonese Networks of Care and Support (Ethnologie: Forschung und Wissenschaft)

This book analyes the arrangements of relationships throughwhich food, shelter and care are provided on the island of Ambon,famous spice island in eastern Indonesia. It also shows howrelations of support tie Ambonese migrants in the Netherlandsto their home villages, and how normative conceptions of needand care among kinsmen and villagers change over time.Keebet von Benda-Beckmann is the author of 'Social Security Between Past and Future: Ambonese Networks of Care and Support (Ethnologie: Forschung und Wissenschaft)', published 2007 under ISBN 9783825807184 and ISBN 3825807185.