Riau Archipelago: Difference between revisions

A number of studies and books have detailed the growing violence and concern about identity and social change in the archipelago.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Long, Nicholas J | title=Being Malay in Indonesia : histories, hopes and citizenship in the Riau Archipelago | publication-date=2013 | publisher=Singapore Asian Studies Association of Australia in association with NUS Press and NIAS Press | isbn=978-9971-69-769-3 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Riau Roundtable (2007 : Singapore) | author2=S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies | title=Opportunities and challenges in the Riau Archipelago and the Riau Province : report on a conference organized by the Indonesian Programme of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies | publication-date=2007 | publisher=S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/35336656 | access-date=31 December 2013 }}</ref> As the [[Malays (ethnic group)|Malay]], who were once the dominant ethnic group in the islands, have been reduced to about a third of the population, primarily as a result of immigration from elsewhere in Indonesia, they feel that their traditional rights are threatened. Similarly, the immigrants have felt politically and financially suppressed. Both of these causes have led to increased violence.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Ananta, Aris | title=Changing Ethnic Composition and Potential Violent Conflict in Riau Archipelago, Indonesia: An Early Warning Signal | journal=Population Review | year=2006 | volume=45 | publication-date=2006 | publisher=Population Review Publications | doi=10.1353/prv.2006.0010 | s2cid=143607653 | url=http://muse.jhu.edu/article/204746/pdf | access-date=31 December 2013 }}</ref>

 

 

==Islands==