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Purchasing power

Purchasing power
Weak rules and weak implementation meant that influence could still be bought in the 2009 elections

Chaos and consolidation

Chaos and consolidation
The April 2009 legislative polls exposed weaknesses in Indonesia’s electoral management, but the results will help to strengthen the democratic polity

Winning the villages

Winning the villages
Grassroots political operators hold the key to many candidates’ success

Suicide and progress in modern Nusantara

Suicide and progress in modern Nusantara
While it’s tragic that some candidates kill themselves after Indonesian elections, at least they aren’t killing each other

Dominant but weak

Dominant but weak
Signs of underlying fragility in nationalist parties may benefit Islamic parties in future elections

Symbols and signs

Symbols and signs
Photo-essay: PKS is often depicted as radical Islamist, but its members show evidence of ideological diversity

Seeking representation

Seeking representation
Activists in Palu remain confined to the political margins

Feeling cheated, acting apathetic

Feeling cheated, acting apathetic
Many Indonesian students face obstacles voting, but they aren’t much interested anyway

Not just an elite game

Not just an elite game
In Bali, it’s neither policy, parties nor entrenched elites, but image-savvy politicians and an all-powerful media that are dominating the new electoral landscape

The eagle has crash-landed

The eagle has crash-landed
Despite an unprecedented media campaign, Prabowo Subianto’s political comeback has fallen flat – for now

Down but not out

Down but not out
Islamic political parties did not do well, but Islamic politics are going mainstream

Dancing the nation in migration

Dancing the nation in migration
Indonesian women in Perth perform a ‘uniting’ dance

Surviving conflict

Surviving conflict
Aceh’s performing arts have blossomed despite the conflict and the tsunami

A man on a mission

A man on a mission
From the highlands of Papua to exile in England, Benny Wenda is a leader of his people

D-day for anti-corruption reform

D-day for anti-corruption reform
Draft legislation is a prescription potentially worse than the ailment

The election as a Karya Agung ritual

The election as a Karya Agung ritual
Listening to the grassroots explain the 2009 general election in Bali

The politics of remembering and forgetting

The politics of remembering and forgetting
The people of East Timor are negotiating different conceptions of reconciliation in their daily lives

Trapped in the legacy of the past

Trapped in the legacy of the past
Conflict between Timorese youth gangs and martial arts groups hark back to the Indonesian occupation

Children of the enemy

Children of the enemy
A child abducted during the Indonesian occupation returns to her former home

East Timor ten years after the referendum

East Timor ten years after the referendum
A decade on, East Timor is still linked to Indonesia

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