The 2018 and 2019 Indonesian Elections: Identity Politics and Regional Perspectives

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
Notes on contributors
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Chapter 1: Introduction: the 2018 and 2019 Indonesian elections – identity politics and regional perspectives
Introduction
Indonesian electoral system under challenge
Features of the book
Chapter outline
Notes
Bibliography
Chapter 2: Indonesia’s 2019 presidential election: does policy still matter?
Introduction
Background
Economic performance
Politics and demographics
Conclusion and future implications
Notes
Bibliography
Chapter 3: The 2018 simultaneous regional elections and 2019 simultaneous national elections in West Java province
Introduction
A brief history of electoral politics in West Java
2018 West Java gubernatorial elections: parties, candidates, and the battle for the gubernatorial tickets
Identity politics in West Java gubernatorial election: campaign promises, visits to pesantren, and online slanders
2018 West Java gubernatorial election surprising results: key drivers
2019 simultaneous elections: identity politics in the West Java theatre
2019 simultaneous elections in West Java: legislative and presidential elections
Conclusion
Bibliography
Chapter 4: The 2018 simultaneous regional elections and 2019 simultaneous national elections in East Java province
Introduction
History, geography, and socio-political demography of East Java
East Java gubernatorial election
The relationship between the candidates and political parties
Identity politics in the East Java gubernatorial campaign
The 2019 presidential election in East Java
The relationship between presidential candidates and political parties in East Java
Identity politics in the presidential election campaign in East Java
Conclusion and implications
Notes
Bibliography
Chapter 5: Aliran politics, political jihad, and disappointment: notes for Muslim Javanese in the pre- and post-2019 general election in Central Java
Introduction
Anatomy of Javanese Muslims
The transformation of abangan
When priyayi becomes more pious
The santri world
The Ma’ruf Amin and Nahdlatul Ulama factor
Expectation and disappointment
Concluding remarks
Notes
Bibliography
Chapter 6: The 2018 simultaneous regional elections and 2019 simultaneous national elections in North Sumatra: different facades of identity politics
Introduction
North Sumatra
Identity politics in the 2018 regional elections and the 2019 presidential elections
The 2018 regional elections: cultivation of identity politics
The 2019 presidential election: replication of primordial strategy
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Chapter 7: West Sumatra in the 2019 general election: the past in shaping the region’s identity
Introduction
Indonesia’s democracy at a crossroads
The case of West Sumatra
Identity politics’ historical roots
West Sumatrans attitudes towards Jokowi, PDI-P, and
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Chapter 8: The 2018 and 2019 elections in South Sulawesi: Jusuf Kalla’s decline and the return of Islamists
Introduction
Politics and regional elections in South Sulawesi
Coalition-building and power-brokering in South Sulawesi Province
The 2018 Makassar mayoral election
The 2018 South Sulawesi gubernatorial election
The 2019 presidential election in South Sulawesi
Islamic organisations and identity politics in South Sulawesi
South Sulawesi and Islamic conservatism
Identity politics and the 2019 presidential election in South Sulawesi
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Chapter 9: The 2018/2019 simultaneous elections in West Kalimantan province and its aftermath: historical legacies, identity politics, and the politics of partition
Introduction
Candidates and political parties
Identity politics: the confluence of religion and ethnicity
Decentralised electoral competition, fixed party loyalties, and the politics of partition
Aftermath and implications
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
List of interviews in Pontianak
Chapter 10: Electoral politics in Sumba: the persistence of tradition
Introduction
Brief history of Sumbanese politics
Executive politics: province, kabupaten, and kecamatan
Identity and presidential politics in Sumba and NTT
The election system and 2019 controversies
Implications
Notes
Bibliography
List of interviews
Chapter 11: Conclusion: what have we learned?
Concluding observations
Alumni 212 and the 2018/2019 elections
Identity politics in the regions: a mixed bag
The role of traditional elite families and networks
Final takeaway points
Bibliography
Index