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Women's political participation in Indonesia: decentralisation, money politics and collective memory in Bali
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Abstract This article contends that cultural, political and historical factors create a local
political environment where de facto discrimination against women is the norm. Without
thoroughly addressing and altering the underlying issues causing discrimination against
women in politics, ... view more
This article contends that cultural, political and historical factors create a local
political environment where de facto discrimination against women is the norm. Without
thoroughly addressing and altering the underlying issues causing discrimination against
women in politics, a weak quota system will not immediately lead to increased women’s
participation in Bali. This paper argues that the leading factors contributing to
low levels of Balinese women’s participation include widespread money politics, the
revitalisation of customary institutions and local identities through decentralisation,
and the collective memory of the violent dissolution of the Indonesian Women’s Movement
(Gerwani) in 1965–66.... view less
Keywords
discrimination; political change; human rights; Indonesia; woman; political participation; Southeast Asia; gender-specific factors; women's movement
Classification
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Method
descriptive study
Free Keywords
Bali; 1960-2010
Document language
English
Publication Year
2012
Page/Pages
p. 35-56
Journal
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 31 (2012) 2
ISSN
1868-4882
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works