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Urban poor people’s rejection of all candidates in the 2024 Jakarta gubernatorial election shows their capacity to self-organise for their interests ...

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Urban poor people’s rejection of all candidates in the 2024 Jakarta gubernatorial election shows their capacity to self-organise for their interests ...

Urban poor people’s rejection of all candidates in the 2024 Jakarta gubernatorial election shows their capacity to self-organise for their interests ...

‘I am campaigning because I feel like it,’ said Joko Widodo (‘Jokowi’) on 16 November 2024 as he toured the city of Purwokerto in support of Ahmad Luthfi’s bid for the Central Java governorship. He ...

Indonesia’s election year – with legislative and presidential elections held on 14 February 2024, and regional head elections on 28 November 2024 – was a critical test case for Indonesia’s democracy, ...

How do we explain victories of neo-strongmen at recent democratic elections? There is no single answer to this question, but one aspect that requires our attention is the changing nature of election ...

The outcome of Indonesia’s presidential election on 14 February 2024 was no surprise. Even before the start of the campaign period, pollsters predicted a lead of around 40 per cent of the votes for ...

Urban poor people’s rejection of all candidates in the 2024 Jakarta gubernatorial election shows their capacity to self-organise for their interests ...

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