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 …

In the last decade, autocrats and democrats alike have used a wide range of innovative
illiberal methods to cement or expand their power. Especially in democracies, however …

To explore how democratisation is transforming Indonesia's rural elite, we examine two
village head elections in Central Java. Despite the competitiveness of these elections, the …

Studies of electoral clientelism—the contingent exchange of material benefits for electoral
support—frequently presume the presence of strong parties. Parties facilitate monitoring and …

This article analyses the factors leading to the success of women candidates in the 2019
elections in Central Java. Recent scholarship on women's representation in Indonesia has …

Local democratization aims to improve the decentralized capacity of governance regimes to
generate meaningful municipal spending geared towards realizing societal outcomes. In the …

The articles in this special issue of Contemporary Southeast Asia take a close look at seven
local elections which were held in different locations in Indonesia-from the city of Jayapura …

Election interference is a problem in digitized elections around the world. Given East and
Southeast Asia's dense social network, electoral integrity is a growing concern. Yet, few …

How many voters sell their votes in Indonesia? My PhD research starts with this question
that has haunted scholars for the last 15 years. Using data from a nationally representative …

Vote buying remains one of the main flaws of elections in many parts of the world. As most
other forms of corruption, it is sticky and unlikely to vanish in the short and medium run. In …