Half-Hearted Reform: Electoral Institutions and the Struggle for Democracy in IndonesiaBloomsbury Academic, 2003 M04 30 - 256 pages King provides the most comprehensive analysis to date of the reforms in the core institutions of democratic representation, political parties, elections, and legislatures that led the way from late 1998 through 2001. These reforms are placed in historical perspective, compared both with the electoral institutions of Suharto's New Order and with the first democratic election in 1955. King also examines the political struggles during the legislative process and identifies the compromises reached between hardliners and reformers. The new electoral policies are juxtaposed to actual practices—imlpementation—during the 1999 election at both the national and subnational levels, the latter through a case study in the heartland of Java. |
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... tiny party . But there were also contributing factors , espe- cially a lacuna in the Election Law . According to the law , parties falling under a 2 - percent threshold were prohibited from competing in the next election . But the law ...
... tiny parties , the completion of the election ( seating of the new House and As- sembly and the election of the president and vice president ) , and the “ independent and non - partisan " clause adopted in the broad policies might bring ...
... tiny parties from obtaining seats and excessive fragmen- tation of power in the House . A second , related trade ... parties , not individual candidates , who were selected by parties ( i.e. , closed party list ) . The 1999 electoral law ...
Contents
Historical Background | 15 |
Debate and Design | 47 |
Implementation of the 1999 Election | 75 |
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