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Money, Power, and Ideology: Political Parties in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia

Money, Power, and Ideology: Political Parties in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia

Mietzner, Marcus

Paperback

Series: ASAA Southeast Asia Publications

General Political ScienceSoutheast Asian History

ISBN10: 0824839692
ISBN13: 9780824839697
Publisher: Univ Of Hawaii Pr
Published: Mar 31 2014
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

Are Indonesia's political parties independent and strong institu- tions, successfully mediating between the state and its citizens, or a weak element in the country's emerging democracy? Or are they cartels distributing patronage to a favored group?

Money, Power, and Ideology provides a fine-grained analysis of the internal workings of political parties in Indonesia, and compares the political landscape there with party politics in other new democracies. His conclusions are surprising. Contrary to the media image of parties as inherently corrupt, self-absorbed, and elitist, Marcus Mietzner finds that they are well institutionalized compared to their counterparts in Latin America, Eastern Europe, and other parts of Asia, and show little indication of cartelization. He does, however, identify a significant weakness in Indonesia's party system.

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