Candidate-centric systems and the politicization of ethnicity: Evidence from Indonesia

• Main Author: FOX, Colm A.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: Democratization; democracy; election campaigns; ethnicity; ethnic mobilization; electoral rules; personal vote; Indonesia; Asian Studies; Political Science
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2475; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3732/viewcontent/Candidate_centric_systems_and_the_politicization_of_ethnicity__evidence_from_Indonesia.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

When and why do electoral candidates politicize ethnicity? From the literature, we might expect this behaviour to occur during democratic transitions or under proportional rules. However, empirical support for these arguments is mixed. This article presents a new approach, arguing that candidate-cen...