Prospects of Asian Rural Society for the 21st Century
The Second International Conference of ARSA was held in the University of Mataram, Lombok, Indonesia on March 26-29, 2004 with a theme ‘Prospects of Asian Rural Society for the 21st Century”. Its sub themes were role of agriculture in the rural economy and culture, peasant differentiation and occupational diversification, local autonomy policy and political change, sustainability and transformation of family and community, persistency and function of culture to rural change, sustainable development of Lombok Island, and development of rural studies in Asia. Thirty six papers were presented during this Second International Conference which were subsequently published in Asian Rural Sociology Vol. II. This second international conference was headed by Prof. Rosiady Husaenie Sayuti of the University of Mataram and attended by 80 participants from 12 countries.
ARSA - Asian Rural Sociology Association 