Who stopped the strongman syndrome? Civil society and elections in the Philippines and Indonesia

• Main Authors: Calimbahin, Cleo Anne A., Jung, Eunsook
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2018
• Subjects: Civil society—Philippines; Civil society—Indonesia; Presidents—Philippines—Election; Presidents—Indonesia—Election; Philippines—Politics and government—1986-; Indonesia—Politics and government—20th century; Political Science
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/6397
• Institution: De La Salle University

What roles does civil society play in electoral politics? Can civil society organizations keep a potential dictator from being elected? This paper will examine two contrasting cases: the 2014 presidential election in Indonesia and the 2016 presidential election in the Philippines. In Indonesia, civi...