02075     2200253   4500001002100000005001500021035002000036007000300056008004100059020001800100082001800118084002400136100002100160245009600181250001200277260004800289300002700337650002500364650002200389520133800411700002001749990002601769990002601795INLIS00000000001041520221031045605  a0010-0122000149ta221031                g          0 eng    a9781501732980  a364.132309598  a364.132309598 ASP d0 aAspinall, Edward1 aDemocracy for sale :belections, clientelism, and the state in Indonesia /cEdward Aspinall  a1st ed.  aNew York :bCornell University Press,c2019  axvi, 308 hlm. ;c23 cm 4aPolitical corruption 4aPatron and client  aDemocracy for Sale is an on-the-ground account of Indonesian democracy, analyzing its election campaigns and behind-the-scenes machinations. Edward Aspinall and Ward Berenschot assess the informal networks and political strategies that shape access to power and privilege in the messy political environment of contemporary Indonesia.

In post-Suharto Indonesian politics the exchange of patronage for political support is commonplace. Clientelism, argue the authors, saturates the political system, and in Democracy for Sale they reveal the everyday practices of vote buying, influence peddling, manipulating government programs, and skimming money from government projects. In doing so, Aspinall and Berenschot advance three major arguments. The first argument points toward the role of religion, kinship, and other identities in Indonesian clientelism. The second explains how and why Indonesia's distinctive system of free-wheeling clientelism came into being. And the third argument addresses variation in the patterns and intensity of clientelism. Through these arguments and with comparative leverage from political practices in India and Argentina, Democracy for Sale provides compelling evidence of the importance of informal networks and relationships rather than formal parties and institutions in contemporary Indonesia.0 aWard Berenschot  a26738/MKRI-P/XII-2021  a26738/MKRI-P/XII-2021