Vote Buying in Indonesia
The Mechanics of Electoral Bribery
Authors: Muhtadi, Burhanuddin
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- Investigates the impact of vote buying in Indonesia
- Explores the nature, extent, determinants, targeting and effectiveness of vote buying
- Argues that in total numbers —given the relatively small number of party loyalists in Indonesia— vote buying hits more uncommitted voters
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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. - About the authors
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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 scholarly journals such as Asian Studies Review, Bijdragen, and Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies.
- Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-44
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The Prevalence of Vote Buying in Indonesia: Building an Index
Pages 45-79
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The Determinants of Vote Buying: The Profile of Typical Vote ‘Sellers’
Pages 81-107
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Do Candidates Target Loyalists or Swing Voters? Beyond the Core- Versus Swing-Voter Debate
Pages 109-132
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How Targeting Goes Astray: Explaining the Gap Between Intentions and Outcomes
Pages 133-169
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Vote Buying in Indonesia
- Book Subtitle
- The Mechanics of Electoral Bribery
- Authors
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- Burhanuddin Muhtadi
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-981-13-6779-3
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-981-13-6779-3
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-981-13-6778-6
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIV, 318
- Number of Illustrations
- 32 b/w illustrations
- Topics
