Floating Liberals: Female Politicians, Progressive Politics, and PSI in the 2019 Indonesian Election

IF 2.4 2区社会学 Q1 AREA STUDIES

Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs Pub Date : 2021-04-01 DOI:10.1177/1868103421989084

A. Savirani, Nuruddin Al Akbar, U. Jamson, Listiana Asworo

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Abstract

This article analyses an experiment in liberal-progressive politics that occurred in Indonesia in 2019. A new party, the Partai Solidaritas Indonesia (PSI, Indonesian Solidarity Party), supported gender equality as part of a broad liberal programme. PSI foregrounded female candidates and focused on gender issues, including controversial topics such as opposition to polygamy. Reflecting party campaign strategies that focused on media exposure, rather than grassroot mobilisation, the party garnered support mostly from educated urban voters. Support for women’s equality – especially on issues such as sexual harassment and gender-based violence – is concentrated in this group and partly reflects recent cultural shifts linked to globalisation and changes in the media landscape. PSI failed to gain representation in the national legislature, limiting its potential to play a major political role in the near future. Even so, this experiment provided opportunities for young women to step forward politically and has popularised discourse on women’s equality.

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漂浮的自由主义者:2019年印尼选举中的女性政治家、进步政治和PSI

本文分析了2019年发生在印度尼西亚的自由进步政治实验。一个新的政党——印尼团结党(Partai Solidaritas Indonesia)支持性别平等，将其作为广泛的自由主义计划的一部分。PSI突出女性候选人，并关注性别问题，包括反对一夫多妻制等有争议的话题。反映党的竞选策略侧重于媒体曝光，而不是基层动员，该党获得的支持主要来自受过教育的城市选民。对妇女平等的支持——特别是在性骚扰和性别暴力等问题上的支持——主要集中在这一群体，这在一定程度上反映了最近与全球化和媒体格局变化有关的文化转变。PSI未能在国家立法机构中获得代表，限制了其在不久的将来发挥重大政治作用的潜力。即便如此，这一实验为年轻女性走上政治舞台提供了机会，并普及了关于女性平等的论述。

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Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs Social Sciences-Political Science and International Relations

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5.00

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8 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, published by the GIGA Institute of Asian Studies (IAS) in Hamburg, is an internationally refereed journal. The publication focuses on current developments in international relations, politics, economics, society, education, environment and law in Southeast Asia. The topics covered should not only be oriented towards specialists in Southeast Asian affairs, but should also be of relevance to readers with a practical interest in the region. For more than three decades, the Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs (formerly Südostasien aktuell) has regularly provided – six times per year and in German - insightful and in-depth analyses of current issues in political, social and economic life; culture; and development in Southeast Asia. It continues to be devoted to the transfer of scholarly insights to a wider audience and is the leading academic journal devoted exclusively to this region. Interested readers can access the abstracts and tables of contents of earlier issues of the journal via the webpage http://www.giga-hamburg.de/de/publikationen/archiv.