6. The Political Economy of Polarization: Militias, Street Authority and the 2019 Elections

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. 2019 Indonesian Elections Timeline viii
5. About the Contributors xiv
6. 1. The 2019 Indonesian Elections: A Political Déjà vu? 1
7. PART I: Democracy, Cyber-politics and Disinformati on
8. 2. The 2019 Election as a Reflection of the Stagnation of Indonesian Democracy? 21
9. 3. Understanding Indonesia’s Democracy: Class, Cliques and Politics After the 2019 Elections 46
10. 4. Politics of New Tools in Post-truth Indonesia: Big Data, AI and Micro-targeting 67
11. 5. Disinformation, Post-election Violence and the Evolution of Anti-Chinese Sentiment 90
12. PART II: CONSTITUENCIES
13. 6. The Political Economy of Polarization: Militias, Street Authority and the 2019 Elections 109
14. 7. Unions and Elections: The Case of the Metal Workers Union in Elections in Bekasi, West Java 127
15. 8. The Power of Emak-Emak: Women and the Political Agenda of Islamic Conservatives in Indonesia’s 2019 Election 145
16. 9. Chinese Political Participation Since Independence: Between National Identity and Ethnic Identity 165
17. PART III: REGIONAL DYNAMICS
18. 10. “Awakening the Sleeping Bull”: Central Java in the 2019 Indonesian Elections 199
19. 11. Lessons from Madura: Nahdlatul Ulama, Conservatism and the Presidential Election 220
20. 12. Religious Binarism and “Geopolitical” Cleavage: North Sumatra in the 2019 Presidential Election 238
21. 13. Money or Identity? Election Insights from South Sumatra and Lampung Provinces 266
22. Index 283