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Authoritarian populism in Indonesia: the role of the political campaign industry in engineering consent and coercion
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Abstract All around the globe, populism has become increasingly prominent in democratic societies in the developed and developing world. Scholars have attributed this rise at a response to the systematic reproduction of social inequalities entwined with processes of neoliberal globalisation, within which all... view more
All around the globe, populism has become increasingly prominent in democratic societies in the developed and developing world. Scholars have attributed this rise at a response to the systematic reproduction of social inequalities entwined with processes of neoliberal globalisation, within which all countries are inextricably and dynamically linked. However, to theorise populism properly, we must look at its manifestations in countries other than the West. By taking the case of Indonesia, the third largest democracy and the largest economy in Southeast Asia, this article critically analyses the role of the political campaign industry in mobilising narratives in electoral discourses. We use the Gramscian notion of consent and coercion, in which the shaping of populist narratives relies on mechanisms of persuasion using mass and social media. Such mechanisms allow the transformation of political discourses in conjunction with oligarchic power struggle. Within this struggle, political campaigners narrate the persona of political elites, while cyber armies divide and polarise, to manufacture allegiance and agitation among the majority of young voters as part of a shifting social base. As such, we argue that, together, the narratives - through engineering consent and coercion - construct authoritarian populism that pits two crowds of "the people" against each other, while aligning them with different sections of the "elite."... view less
Keywords
authoritarianism; Indonesia; mobilization; youth; campaign; adolescent; mass media; populism; power struggle; social media; election campaign; effect; voter
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Impact Research, Recipient Research
Free Keywords
Gesellschaftliche/Politische Mobilisierung; Junge Menschen; Politische Mobilisierung; Wirkung von Massenmedien
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Page/Pages
p. 436-460
Journal
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 40 (2021) 3
ISSN
1868-4882
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed