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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Edward Aspinall , Ward BerenschotPublisher: Cornell University Press Imprint: Cornell University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.907kg ISBN: 9781501732973ISBN 10: 1501732978 Pages: 330 Publication Date: 15 April 2019 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures Glossary Acknowledgments 1. Indonesia's Patronage Democracy 2. Capturing Varieties of Clientelism Part 1: INSTITUTIONS 3. Historical Origins of Free-Wheeling Clientelism 4. Electoral Institutions, Political Parties and Candidates Part 2: NETWORKS AND RESOURCES 5. Success Teams and Vote Buying 6. Social Networks and Club Goods Part 3: DISCRETIONARY CONTROL 7. Governance and Public Spending 8. Bureaucrats and the Power of Office Part 4: COMPARING ACROSS INDONESIA 9. Campaign Financing, Business and the Public Sphere 10. Explaining Variation in Indonesia's Patronage Democracy Conclusion: Clientelism and the Search for Good Governance Appendixes Notes References IndexReviewsDemocracy for Sale combines rich details about the variety and variability of clientelism in Indonesia with a framework for comparing and analyzing clientelism across a variety of country contexts. This is a volume all scholars of clientelism, patronage, and money politics will want on their shelf. -- Allen Hicken, University of Michigan Democracy for Sale is an outstanding book with a compelling mix of methodologies that will be useful for scientists interested in clientelism in general. -- Andreas Ufen, German Institute of Global and Area Studies, and coeditor of <I>Democratization in Post-Suharto Indonesia</I> and <I>Party Politics in Southeast Asia</I> Democracy for Sale promises to be a major contribution to Indonesian politics, and also a book that will be read, discussed, and cited by authors working cross-nationally. -- Tom Pepinsky, Cornell University, and author of <I>Economic Crises and the Breakdown of Authoritarian Regimes</I> Democracy for Sale offers deep insights into political life in Southeast Asia and fresh contributions to the age-old debate over whether true democracy, uncompromised by money and entrenched power, is ever possible. * Foreign Affairs * A painstakingly researched examination of the way Indonesia has become a patronage democracy.... Aspinall and Berenschot's book shows how many has weakened political parties, ensures that personalities matter more than policy, favors incumbents, and almost forces politicians to become corrupt in order to recoup the expense of running for office. * New York Review of Books * A painstakingly researched examination of the way Indonesia has become a patronage democracy.... Aspinall and Berenschot's book shows how many has weakened political parties, ensures that personalities matter more than policy, favors incumbents, and almost forces politicians to become corrupt in order to recoup the expense of running for office. * New York Review of Books * Democracy for Sale offers deep insights into political life in Southeast Asia and fresh contributions to the age-old debate over whether true democracy, uncompromised by money and entrenched power, is ever possible. * Foreign Affairs * Author InformationEdward Aspinall is Professor of Politics at the Australian National University. He is the author of several books, among them Opposing Suharto and Islam and Nation, and the coedited volume Electoral Dynamics in Indonesia. Ward Berenschot is a researcher at KITLV Leiden and the author of Riot Politics and the co-edited volume In Search of Middle Indonesia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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