Designing the DPD: Indonesia's Regional Representative Council
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This paper examines the design of the Regional Representative Council (DPD) that Indonesia set up in 2002. Why was it established with its current electoral system and responsibilities? The design of the DPD had to fit within a compromise made between the two then dominant parties and their leaders. The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle wished to preserve the revered People's Consultative Assembly structure, but without losing the power it then wielded by virtue of being the biggest party...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Rich, Roland | |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-10T22:32:40Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0007-4918 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/55871 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper examines the design of the Regional Representative Council (DPD) that Indonesia set up in 2002. Why was it established with its current electoral system and responsibilities? The design of the DPD had to fit within a compromise made between the two then dominant parties and their leaders. The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle wished to preserve the revered People's Consultative Assembly structure, but without losing the power it then wielded by virtue of being the biggest party in the parliament. The other major party, Golkar, obtained the provincial chamber it sought, but was denied control of it when membership was closed to political parties. The public's demand for greater electoral power was appeased through the method of election chosen for the DPD. Institutionally, the design has not made the workings of the legislature more complicated for the established political actors, because the new chamber has little influence. | |
dc.publisher | Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group | |
dc.source | Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies | |
dc.subject | Keywords: democracy; electoral geography; electoral system; institutional framework; legislation; party politics; political power; Indonesia | |
dc.title | Designing the DPD: Indonesia's Regional Representative Council | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 47 | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 140218 - Urban and Regional Economics | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | f5625xPUB343 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Rich, Roland, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 2 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 263 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 273 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1080/00074918.2011.585953 | |
dc.date.updated | 2016-02-24T09:10:50Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-79960879044 | |
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