Indonesian Electoral Behaviour : : A Statistical Perspective / / Aris Ananta, Evi Nurvidya Arifin, Leo Suryadinata.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Ananta, Aris,; Nurvidya Arifin, Evi,; Suryadinata, Leo,
• MitwirkendeR: Ananta, Aris,; Arifin, Evi Nurvidya,; Kesavapany, K.,; Suryadinata, Leo,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2004]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (471 p.)

In Indonesia’s plural society, ethnicity and religion are often considered as two important independent variables to explain electoral behaviour. Many writers have used qualitative methods to relate the performance of political parties in terms of ethnicity and religion. This book questions these assumptions by looking at up-to-date data on the 1999 election and the 2000 population census. The authors, researchers from the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore, statistically examine the strength of the impact of religious and ethnic variables relative to those of socio-economic variables (education, per capita income, migration, urbanization, and poverty) on the electoral behaviour of the seven major political parties. Their analysis and findings, together with detailed population profiles in terms of religion, ethnicity and socio-economic conditions at the provincial and district levels, throws light on not only the 1999 election but also the forthcoming 2004 election and beyond. This is the 2nd book in the ISEAS Series, Indonesia's Population.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Message from the Director -- Preface -- MAPS -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Explaining Voting Behaviour in Indonesia -- Chapter 2. The Cultural Variables: Religion and Ethnicity -- Chapter 3. The Socio-economic Variables (1): Education and its Geographical Composition -- Chapter 4. The Socio-economic Variables (2): Migrants and the Urban Population -- Chapter 5. Socio-economic Variables (3): Per Capita Income and Poverty -- Chapter 6. Results of the 1999 Election: National and Provincial Votes -- Chapter 7. Results of the 1999 Election: District Votes -- Chapter 8. Culture and Electoral Behaviour: Testing Religious and Ethnic Loyalties -- Chapter 9. Other Variables and Electoral Behaviour: Testing the Socio-economic Factors -- Chapter 10. Conclusion: Findings and Significance -- Appendix 1: Data and Methods -- Appendix 2: Names of Districts by 1999 Election and 2000 Census -- Selected References -- About the Authors