Pacificatie is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Dutch post-war pacification policy (in Swart’s era and after) - replacing military coercion with civil administration, road-building, dispute resolution, and economic development.
Description
Dutch post-war pacification policy (in Swart’s era and after) - replacing military coercion with civil administration, road-building, dispute resolution, and economic development. ‘Naarmate de militaire dwang kon worden uitgeschakeld, kwamen de zegeningen van het pacificatie-werk tot hun recht’ (Kreemer).
Significance
The term Pacificatie is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.
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Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 389, 405, 407.