Adversarial Linkages: The Urban Poor and Electoral Politics in Jakarta

This article examines how social movements based in poor communities make electoral alliances with politicians in contemporary Indonesia. Drawing on case studies of the urban poor in two elections in Jakarta, we point to a pattern of adversarial linkages by which movements present candidates with de...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Amalinda Savirani, Edward Aspinall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-12-01
Series:Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/186810341703600301