Research Catalog

Title

Electoral reform and the fate of new democracies : lessons from the Indonesian case / Sarah Shair-Rosenfield.

Author

Shair-Rosenfield, Sarah

Publication

• Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2019.
• ©2019

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Details

Description

xi, 232 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.

Summary

"Argues that elite inexperience may constrain the pursuit of self-interest and lead elites to undertake gradual or incremental approaches to the process of reform, aiding the process of democratic consolidation. Using a multi-methods approach, the book examines three consecutive periods of reform in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim majority country and third largest democracy, between 1999 and 2014. Each case study chapter provides an in-depth process tracing of the negotiations leading to the adoption of new reforms, including key actors in the legislature, domestic civil society, international experts, and government bureaucrats. A series of counterfactual analyses assess the impact the reforms had on actual election outcomes versus the possible alternative outcomes of different reform options discussed during negotiations. With a comparative analysis of nine cases of iterated reform processes in other new democracies, the book confirms the lessons from the Indonesian case and highlights key lessons for both scholars and electoral engineers"--

Series Statement

Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies series

Uniform Title

Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies series.

Subject

• Since 1998
• Democratization > Indonesia
• Elections > Indonesia
• Elite (Social sciences) > Indonesia
• New democracies > Case studies
• Democratization
• Elections
• Elite (Social sciences)
• New democracies
• Politics and government
• Indonesia > Politics and government > 1998-
• Indonesia

Genre/Form

Case studies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-226) and index.

Contents

Why reform in new democracies? -- Constrained strategies : the effects of inexperience and time -- Indonesian democratization and the party system -- Early stage reforms in a period of high inexperience, 1999-2004 -- Reforms under declining inexperience and modest temporal constraints, 2004-2009 -- Reforms under severe temporal constraints, 2009 and beyond -- Changing rules and incentives in new democracies -- Extensions and implications : lessons for scholars, reformers, and advisers.

Call Number

JFE 21-10

ISBN

• 9780472131501
• 0472131508
• 9780472125852 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2019013795

OCLC

1091239247

Author

Shair-Rosenfield, Sarah, author.

Title

Electoral reform and the fate of new democracies : lessons from the Indonesian case / Sarah Shair-Rosenfield.

Publisher

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2019.

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies series

Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies series.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-226) and index.

Chronological Term

Since 1998

Other Form:

Online version: Shair-Rosenfield, Sarah. Electoral reform and the fate of new democracies. [Ann Arbor, Michigan] : University of Michigan Press, 2019 9780472125852 (DLC) 2019014709

Research Call Number

JFE 21-10