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This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book investigates the impact of vote buying on the accountability of democratic institutions and policy representation in newly democratic countries, with a focus on Indonesia. In doing so, the book presents a wide-ranging study of the dynamics of vote buying in Indonesia’s young democracy, exploring the nature, extent, determinants, targeting and effectiveness of this practice. It addresses these central issues in the context of comparative studies of vote buying, arguing that although party loyalists are disproportionately targeted in vote buying efforts, in total numbers —given the relatively small number of party loyalists in Indonesia— vote buying hits more uncommitted voters. It also demonstrates that the effectiveness of vote buying on vote choice is in the 10 percent range, which is sufficient for many candidates to secure a seat and thus explains why they still engage in vote buying despite high levels of leakage.

Political science --- Elections --- Asia—Politics and government

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Als Open Access Publikation bietet der Datenreport Zivilgesellschaft erstmals einen Überblick über Stand und Entwicklung von Zivilgesellschaft und bürgerschaftlichem Engagement in Deutschland auf verbindender Grundlage der ganzen Bandbreite vorliegender Erhebungsdaten. Aus der Verbindung der Erhebungen entsteht eine einmalige datenbasierte Gesamtschau, die sich an Zivilgesellschaft, Politik und Wissenschaft richtet. Der Datenreport wurde erstellt im Rahmen des Projektes „Forum Zivilgesellschaftsdaten“, in dem verschiedene datenerhebende Institutionen und Akteure mitgewirkt haben. Der Inhalt · Summary: Zivilgesellschaft im Überblick · Organisierte Zivilgesellschaft · Zivilgesellschaftliches Engagement · Zivilgesellschaft als Arbeitsmarkt · Finanzierung der Zivilgesellschaft · Politische und gesellschaftliche Einstellungen: soziokulturelle Grundlagen von Selbstorganisation · Weiterführende Informationen: Datensätze in Steckbriefen; Forschungsdatenzentren und weitere Datenzugänge · Synopse zu Längsschnitt-Datenerhebungen mit Zivilgesellschaftsbezug Der Herausgeber Dr. Holger Krimmer ist Geschäftsführer von ZiviZ im Stifterverband, Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung des Stifterverbandes und Sprecher der AG Zivilgesellschaftsforschung des Bundesnetzwerkes Bürgerschaftliches Engagement. Sofern nicht anderweitig angegeben, wird dieses Buch unter einer Creative Commons Namensnennung 4.0 International Lizenz veröffentlicht. Weitere Details zur Lizenz entnehmen Sie bitte der Lizenzinformation auf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.de.

Political science --- Political science --- Germany—Politics and government --- Public policy

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This open access book modifies and revitalizes the concept of the ‘developmental state’ to understand the politics of emerging economy through nuanced analysis on the roles of human agency in the context of structural transformation. In other words, there is a revived interest in the ‘developmental state’ concept. The nature of the ‘emerging state’ is characterized by its attitude toward economic development and industrialization. Emerging states have engaged in the promotion of agriculture, trade, and industry and played a transformative role to pursue a certain path of economic development. Their success has cast doubt about the principle of laissez faire among the people in the developing world. This doubt, together with the progress of democratization, has prompted policymakers to discover when and how economic policies should deviate from laissez faire, what prevents political leaders and state institutions from being captured by vested interests, and what induce them to drive economic development. This book offers both historical and contemporary case studies from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Rwanda. They illustrate how institutions are designed to be developmental, how political coalitions are formed to be growth-oriented, and how technocratic agencies are embedded in a network of business organizations as a part of their efforts for state building.

Economics --- Management science --- Economic policy --- Economic history --- Development economics --- Africa—Politics and government --- Asia—Politics and government --- Economic policy

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Despite the emphasis of the European Regional Policy on territorial cohesion, regional disparities have been increasing within Europe in the past years. The metropolitan areas in almost all countries are considerably growing while regions outside of agglomerations are stagnating or even declining. Against this background this book aims to provide an understanding of the underlying processes of polarisation and related regional and local policies. This open access volume contributes to the debates about polarisation and regional development by focussing on questions of spatial justice, power distribution and policy transfer. Theoretical and empirically grounded contributions show that European policies are indeed reproducing socio-spatial inequalities instead of challenging them. The book shows further the existing potentials and limits of individuals, economic, political and civil society actors to respond to polarisation on the regional and local level. In this book conceptual thoughts on polarisation, regional policy and regional development are combined with empirical research and resulting implications for policymaking. As such, it is a valuable source for early career students and researchers as well as professionals in the field of regional and economic development, policy consultants, and policy makers.

Social sciences --- Human geography --- Sociology, Urban --- Culture—Study and teaching --- Europe—Politics and government

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Political science; Great Britain—Politics and government; Elections; Democracy; Comparative politics; Social groups; Family

Political science --- Great Britain—Politics and government --- Elections --- Democracy --- Comparative politics --- Social groups --- Family