Vote Buying In Indonesia

Author : Burhanuddin Muhtadi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : Asia-Politics and government
ISBN : 9789811367793

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Vote Buying in Indonesia by Burhanuddin Muhtadi Pdf

Muhtadi’s analysis of vote-buying in post-democratization Indonesia is original, profound, subtle, nuanced, and convincing as well as beautifully organized and well written. Equally important, its imaginative policy prescriptions will be widely read and cited as a significant contribution to the literature of comparative electoral politics. —William Liddle, Ohio State University, USA This book presents a pathbreaking analysis of vote-buying in Indonesia. Drawing on a stunning array of evidence, Muhtadi reveals the mechanics, patterns and effects of vote-buying with unprecedented clarity. [Title] is a must read for anyone interested in Indonesian politics or in the comparative politics of clientelism. —Edward Aspinall, Australian National University, Australia This book contains a trove of interesting research questions, a novel theoretical contribution, impressive empirical work, and a deep and nuanced understanding of the Indonesian case. —Allen Hicken, University of Michigan, USA This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book investigates the impact of vote buying on the accountability of democratic institutions and policy representation in newly democratic countries, with a focus on Indonesia. In doing so, the book presents a wide-ranging study of the dynamics of vote buying in Indonesia’s young democracy, exploring the nature, extent, determinants, targeting and effectiveness of this practice. It addresses these central issues in the context of comparative studies of vote buying, arguing that although party loyalists are disproportionately targeted in vote buying efforts, in total numbers—given the relatively small number of party loyalists in Indonesia—vote buying hits more uncommitted voters. It also demonstrates that the effectiveness of vote buying on vote choice is in the 10 percent range, which is sufficient for many candidates to secure a seat and thus explains why they still engage in vote buying despite high levels of leakage. Burhanuddin Muhtadi is a lecturer at State Islamic University, Jakarta. He is also an executive director of Indonesian Political Indicator and Director of Public Affairs at Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI). He has published his articles in numerous scholarly journals.--

Author : Burhanuddin Muhtadi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1013274156

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Vote Buying in Indonesia by Burhanuddin Muhtadi Pdf

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book investigates the impact of vote buying on the accountability of democratic institutions and policy representation in newly democratic countries, with a focus on Indonesia. In doing so, the book presents a wide-ranging study of the dynamics of vote buying in Indonesia's young democracy, exploring the nature, extent, determinants, targeting and effectiveness of this practice. It addresses these central issues in the context of comparative studies of vote buying, arguing that although party loyalists are disproportionately targeted in vote buying efforts, in total numbers -given the relatively small number of party loyalists in Indonesia- vote buying hits more uncommitted voters. It also demonstrates that the effectiveness of vote buying on vote choice is in the 10 percent range, which is sufficient for many candidates to secure a seat and thus explains why they still engage in vote buying despite high levels of leakage. This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work's license are retained by the author or authors.

Author : Edward Aspinall,Mada Sukmajati
Publisher : NUS Press
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789814722049

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Electoral Dynamics in Indonesia by Edward Aspinall,Mada Sukmajati Pdf

How do politicians win elected office in Indonesia? To find out, research teams fanned out across the country prior to Indonesia’s 2014 legislative election to record campaign events, interview candidates and canvassers, and observe their interactions with voters. They found that at the grassroots political parties are less important than personal campaign teams and vote brokers who reach out to voters through a wide range of networks associated with religion, ethnicity, kinship, micro enterprises, sports clubs and voluntary groups of all sorts. Above all, candidates distribute patronage—cash, goods and other material benefits—to individual voters and to communities. Electoral Dynamics in Indonesia brings to light the scale and complexity of vote buying and the many uncertainties involved in this style of politics, providing an unusually intimate portrait of politics in a patronage-based system.

Author : Edward Aspinall,Ward Berenschot
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781501732997

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Democracy for Sale by Edward Aspinall,Ward Berenschot Pdf

Democracy for Sale is an on-the-ground account of Indonesian democracy, analyzing its election campaigns and behind-the-scenes machinations. Edward Aspinall and Ward Berenschot assess the informal networks and political strategies that shape access to power and privilege in the messy political environment of contemporary Indonesia. In post-Suharto Indonesian politics the exchange of patronage for political support is commonplace. Clientelism, argue the authors, saturates the political system, and in Democracy for Sale they reveal the everyday practices of vote buying, influence peddling, manipulating government programs, and skimming money from government projects. In doing so, Aspinall and Berenschot advance three major arguments. The first argument points toward the role of religion, kinship, and other identities in Indonesian clientelism. The second explains how and why Indonesia's distinctive system of free-wheeling clientelism came into being. And the third argument addresses variation in the patterns and intensity of clientelism. Through these arguments and with comparative leverage from political practices in India and Argentina, Democracy for Sale provides compelling evidence of the importance of informal networks and relationships rather than formal parties and institutions in contemporary Indonesia.

Author : Saiful Mujani,R. William Liddle,Kuskridho Ambardi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108421799

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Voting Behaviour in Indonesia since Democratization by Saiful Mujani,R. William Liddle,Kuskridho Ambardi Pdf

The first scientific analysis of Indonesian voting behavior from democratization in 1999 to the most recent general election in 2014.

Author : Frederic Charles Schaffer
Publisher : Ateneo University Press
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Elections
ISBN : 9789715505253

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Elections for Sale by Frederic Charles Schaffer Pdf

Author : Mary E. McCoy
Publisher : Southeast Asia Program Publications
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781501731051

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Scandal and Democracy by Mary E. McCoy Pdf

Successful transitions to enduring democracy are both difficult and rare. In Scandal and Democracy, Mary E. McCoy explores how newly democratizing nations can avoid reverting to authoritarian solutions in response to the daunting problems brought about by sudden change. The troubled transitions that have derailed democratization in nations worldwide make this problem a major concern for scholars and citizens alike. This study of Indonesia's transition from authoritarian rule sheds light on the fragility not just of democratic transitions but of democracy itself and finds that democratization's durability depends, to a surprising extent, on the role of the media, particularly its airing of political scandal and intraelite conflict. More broadly, Scandal and Democracy examines how the media's use of new freedoms can help ward off a slide into pseudodemocracy or a return to authoritarian rule. As Indonesia marks the twentieth anniversary of its democratic revolution of 1998, it remains among the world's most resilient new democracies and one of the few successful democratic transitions in the Muslim world. McCoy explains the media's central role in this change and corroborates that finding with comparative cases from Mexico, Tunisia, and South Korea, offering counterintuitive insights that help make sense of the success and failure of recent transitions to democracy.

Author : Eric Kramon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107193727

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Money for Votes by Eric Kramon Pdf

This book explains why vote buying is common in low-income democracies in Africa, and examines its consequences for democratic accountability.

Author : Paul Hutchcroft
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811212611

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Strong Patronage, Weak Parties: The Case For Electoral System Redesign In The Philippines by Paul Hutchcroft Pdf

The current combination of electoral systems in the Philippines essentially guarantees the perpetuation of weak and incoherent political parties. As long as parties are weak and lacking in coherence, the primary focus of political contention is much more likely to be on patronage and pork than on policies and programs. As political reformers seek to address these fundamental problems of the Philippine polity, there is no better place to start than through a well-constructed set of changes to the electoral system.In this volume, expert contributors survey major types of electoral systems found throughout the world, explain their powerful influence on both democratic quality and development outcomes, and explore the comparative political dynamics of reform processes. A recurring theme is the virtue of a mixed electoral system involving some element of closed-list proportional representation — known internationally as one of the most effective means of building stronger and more coherent political parties. This, in turn, can be expected to encourage the emergence of a more policy-oriented (and less patronage-driven) polity.

Author : Nic Cheeseman,Gabrielle Lynch,Justin Willis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108417235

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Why Do Elections Matter in Africa? by Nic Cheeseman,Gabrielle Lynch,Justin Willis Pdf

A radical new approach to understanding Africa's elections: explaining why politicians, bureaucrats and voters so frequently break electoral rules.

Author : Alberto Diaz-Cayeros,Federico Estévez,Beatriz Magaloni
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107140288

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The Political Logic of Poverty Relief by Alberto Diaz-Cayeros,Federico Estévez,Beatriz Magaloni Pdf

The Political Logic of Poverty Relief places electoral politics and institutional design at the core of poverty alleviation. The authors develop a theory with applications to Mexico about how elections shape social programs aimed at aiding the poor. They also assess whether voters reward politicians for targeted poverty alleviation programs.

Author : Susan C. Stokes,Thad Dunning,Marcelo Nazareno
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107042209

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Brokers, Voters, and Clientelism by Susan C. Stokes,Thad Dunning,Marcelo Nazareno Pdf

Brokers, Voters, and Clientelism studies distributive politics: how parties and governments use material resources to win elections. The authors develop a theory that explains why loyal supporters, rather than swing voters, tend to benefit from pork-barrel politics; why poverty encourages clientelism and vote buying; and why redistribution and voter participation do not justify non-programmatic distribution.

Author : Wolfgang Sachsenroder
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789813230750

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Power Broking In The Shade: Party Finances And Money Politics In Southeast Asia by Wolfgang Sachsenroder Pdf

'The book offers a broad survey of political parties’ financing strategies in Southeast Asia.'Contemporary Southeast AsiaPolitical activities, the running of party organisations, branches and headquarters, and especially election campaigns, are becoming increasingly costly, and no party can survive without money. Political power provides access to funding from public and private sources. Political parties have become more and more like businesses, including the temptation to maximise the income and the war chests, thus opening the doors for vested interests and influence peddling. As a result, money politics is pervasive, and the public is becoming increasingly critical of it. Trust in political parties, politicians, governments, and key state institutions has fallen to unprecedented levels. In most countries in the region general and political corruption, graft, and influence peddling are all too visible for the voters, while good governance remains an ideal too often out of reach.This book, Power Broking in the Shade: Party Finances and Money Politics in Southeast Asia, provides an overview of the strategies for financial survival of the parties in the region and the importance of stable cash flows for their political success. The book fills the void of a comparative approach towards party financing that covers the whole of ASEAN and offers accessible facts and understandable analysis for anyone interested in the politics of Southeast Asia.

Author : Ulla Fionna
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789814620833

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ISEAS Perspective by Ulla Fionna Pdf

“As the euphoria fades from the Jokowi presidency, this timely book reviews the processes that brought him to the top, and the processes that have undermined his initial standing. The nineteen articles by ten writers provide views from along the way, starting with a chapter on the Jakarta governor elections from November 2012 and preceding through the key events up to a contemporary assessment in February 2015. Several major clues to the current disillusion are provided in accounts of the legislative elections and the presidential campaigns. Key topics are vote buying, the Islamic factor, economic platforms, pluralism, economic challenges. Max Lane points to deep alienation from politics and the emergence of new unions and a new political arena. The ISEAS team provides a range of events and analyses that will be most useful to all students of current Indonesian politics; clear, concise, insightful.” - David Reeve, Conjoint Associate Professor UNSW, ILTI Academic Coordinator ACICIS. “This book effectively captures the dynamics of Indonesian politics by focusing on the various phenomena surrounding the 2014 elections. It begins this political journey with an analysis of the implementation of local autonomy, and the birth of a leader brave enough to challenge extant political elites. It further explores the application of political culture in campaigns, the shortcomings of elected leaders, and the inadequacy of a state obliged to accommodate various interest groups. Beyond all these, this book proves that the political culture approach remains crucial in investigating Indonesia's political realities.” - Sukardi Rinakit, Political Analyst, Special Staff to President Joko Widodo

Author : Daniel Corstange
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107106673

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The Price of a Vote in the Middle East by Daniel Corstange Pdf

Some ethnic communities receive generous material rewards for their political support, whilst others only receive very modest payoffs.