Democracy

Herb Feith Annual Memorial Lecture 2014

While material inducements to voters have been prevalent in 2014, candidates also employ innovative campaign strategies to attract support

The distribution of money, goods and other benefits is an integral part of electioneering in Indonesia

Indonesia’s legislative elections offer a window into the deep forces shaping the country, and a glimpse of its political future

What do you get when you cross Sarah Palin and an Islamic polygamist? Meet Rhoma Irama – Indonesia’s king of dangdut

At its upmarket congress, Indonesia’s biggest Islamic party tried but failed to convince it has become an open and inclusive party

The election of Anas Urbaningrum suggests Partai Demokrat can survive without its founder, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

Lapindo Brantas’ involvement in the Surabaya Post has restricted the way journalists report on the mudflow

A Christian church is asserting its democratic rights by suing the mayor of Depok

Reflecting on the Act of Free Choice and the integration of West Papua into Indonesia

Indonesia’s claim to sovereignty over West Papua rests upon an unsound legal basis

Many Indonesian students face obstacles voting, but they aren’t much interested anyway

Voters have done everything they can for democracy. The same cannot be said for elites

Indonesia's biggest Muslim organizations are having second thoughts about partisan politics

Whether Papuans support autonomy or independence, they should be allowed to speak freely

What you see is what you get

Political parties have stronger social roots in Indonesia than elsewhere in the region

Indonesians have a love-hate relationship with their political parties

Democracy is feasible, but only if Indonesia’s democrats take on the elite