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Money and Politics in the 2014 Indonesian Elections
Thu, April 17th, 2014
Washington, DC
Indonesia just held its legislative elections on April 9. As campaigns have become more expensive and public funding has declined, political parties have been forced to turn to alternative funding sources. Meredith Weiss, who had just returned from Indonesia after studying the elections and their immediate aftermath, talked about the role that money is playing in shaping the system and electoral outcomes.
Meredith L. Weiss
Meredith L. Weiss is associate professor of political science at the University at Albany and visiting associate professor in Southeast Asia Studies at Johns Hopkins SAIS. She specializes in comparative politics of Southeast Asia, with a particular focus on political mobilization and development in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia.
Vikram Nehru
Vikram Nehru is a senior associate in the Asia Program and Bakrie Chair in Southeast Asian Studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His research focuses on the economic, political, and strategic issues confronting Asia, particularly Southeast Asia.
Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
Event Speakers
Vikram Nehru
Former Nonresident Senior Fellow, Asia Program
Nehru was a nonresident senior fellow in the Carnegie Asia Program. An expert on development economics, growth, poverty reduction, debt sustainability, governance, and the performance and prospects of East Asia, his research focuses on the economic, political, and strategic issues confronting Asia, particularly Southeast Asia.
Meredith Weiss