Local and National Elections in Remote Indonesia: The Case of Sumba

Democratization has brought some significant changes to Indonesia, but in peripheral regions such as the island of Sumba, there remains much continuity. Although the party system has opened up after the fall of Suharto’s New Order in 1999, the ways in which royal status and patronage act to influen...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:6cc36310cff44e2e9ec9e55fe9ec49582021-12-01T16:03:55ZLocal and National Elections in Remote Indonesia: The Case of Sumba10.24201/eaa.v56i3.26500185-01642448-654Xhttps://doaj.org/article/6cc36310cff44e2e9ec9e55fe9ec49582021-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://estudiosdeasiayafrica.colmex.mx/index.php/eaa/article/view/2650https://doaj.org/toc/0185-0164https://doaj.org/toc/2448-654X Democratization has brought some significant changes to Indonesia, but in peripheral regions such as the island of Sumba, there remains much continuity. Although the party system has opened up after the fall of Suharto’s New Order in 1999, the ways in which royal status and patronage act to influence elections in Sumba remain, especially at the local and provincial levels. The national political conversation, however, does influence politics in Sumba. In the 2019 presidential election, the perceived threat of political Islam from candidate Prabowo Subianto pushed the predominantly Protestant population of Sumba and its province East Nusa Tenggara to choose his opponent, Joko Widodo, for a second term, similar to other predominantly non-Muslim provinces. Chris LundryEl Colegio de México, A.C.articleIndonesiaSumbaeleccionestradiciónpolítica localHistory of AsiaDS1-937History of AfricaDT1-3415Social sciences (General)H1-99ESEstudios de Asia y África, Vol 56, Iss 3 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language ES
topic Indonesia
Sumba
elecciones
tradición
política local
History of Asia
DS1-937
History of Africa
DT1-3415
Social sciences (General)
H1-99
spellingShingle Indonesia
Sumba
elecciones
tradición
política local
History of Asia
DS1-937
History of Africa
DT1-3415
Social sciences (General)
H1-99
Chris Lundry
Local and National Elections in Remote Indonesia: The Case of Sumba
description Democratization has brought some significant changes to Indonesia, but in peripheral regions such as the island of Sumba, there remains much continuity. Although the party system has opened up after the fall of Suharto’s New Order in 1999, the ways in which royal status and patronage act to influence elections in Sumba remain, especially at the local and provincial levels. The national political conversation, however, does influence politics in Sumba. In the 2019 presidential election, the perceived threat of political Islam from candidate Prabowo Subianto pushed the predominantly Protestant population of Sumba and its province East Nusa Tenggara to choose his opponent, Joko Widodo, for a second term, similar to other predominantly non-Muslim provinces.
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title Local and National Elections in Remote Indonesia: The Case of Sumba
title_short Local and National Elections in Remote Indonesia: The Case of Sumba
title_full Local and National Elections in Remote Indonesia: The Case of Sumba
title_fullStr Local and National Elections in Remote Indonesia: The Case of Sumba
title_full_unstemmed Local and National Elections in Remote Indonesia: The Case of Sumba
title_sort local and national elections in remote indonesia: the case of sumba
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