Bonding, Bridging, & Bypassing

Understanding Ethnic Politics in Diverse Societies

Colm A. Fox (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

344 Seiten

2024
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-774396-6 (ISBN)

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Societal divisions and even violence can occur when electoral candidates appeal to race, religion, or tribe. Why do candidates make these ethnic appeals? More specifically, why do some candidates appeal to their own ethnic group while others reach out to other ethnic groups or abandon ethnic appeals altogether? To answer this question, Colm A. Fox adopted a ground-breaking, novel approach to study campaign appeals made by thousands of candidates. He collected and systematically analyzed photographs of over 25,000 election posters from campaigns across Indonesia, along with newspaper reports and interview data. The book shows how electoral rules, political party ideology, ethnic demographics, and social norms shape candidates’ decisions to bond with co-ethnics, bridge across other ethnic groups, or bypass ethnicity entirely. Its findings yield not only insights as to which ethnic identities are likely to become politicized, but also prescriptions on how to curb divisive ethnic politics.

Colm A. Fox is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Singapore Management University.

Acknowledgements
Maps

1. Introduction

I. THEORY
2. What is an ethnic appeal?
3. The logic of ethnic appeals

II. DATA
4. Electoral reform in Indonesia
5. Measuring ethnic appeals

III. EVIDENCE
6. Electoral rules
7. Viable ethnic groups
8. Party ideology

IV. IMPLICATIONS
9. Religious polarization in Indonesia
10. Conclusion

Appendix
A. Statistical analysis
B. Newspaper data
C. Election poster data

References

Erscheinungsdatum	17.02.2024
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	226 x 160 mm
Gewicht	476 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-19-774396-X / 019774396X
ISBN-13	978-0-19-774396-6 / 9780197743966
Zustand	Neuware