Democracy for Sale

Elections, Clientelism, and the State in Indonesia

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

AvEdward Aspinall,Ward Berenschot

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-04-15
Mått152 x 229 x 28 mm
Vikt907 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor330
FörlagCornell University Press
ISBN9781501732973

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List of Tables and FiguresGlossaryAcknowledgments1. Indonesia's Patronage Democracy2. Capturing Varieties of ClientelismPart 1: INSTITUTIONS3. Historical Origins of Free-Wheeling Clientelism4. Electoral Institutions, Political Parties and CandidatesPart 2: NETWORKS AND RESOURCES5. Success Teams and Vote Buying6. Social Networks and Club GoodsPart 3: DISCRETIONARY CONTROL7. Governance and Public Spending8. Bureaucrats and the Power of OfficePart 4: COMPARING ACROSS INDONESIA9. Campaign Financing, Business and the Public Sphere10. Explaining Variation in Indonesia's Patronage DemocracyConclusion: Clientelism and the Search for Good GovernanceAppendixesNotesReferencesIndex

A painstakingly researched examination of the way Indonesia has become a patronage democracy.... Aspinall and Berenschot's book shows how many has weakened political parties, ensures that personalities matter more than policy, favors incumbents, and almost forces politicians to become corrupt in order to recoup the expense of running for office.(New York Review of Books) Democracy for Sale offers deep insights into political life in Southeast Asia and fresh contributions to the age-old debate over whether true democracy, uncompromised by money and entrenched power, is ever possible.(Foreign Affairs)