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Voting behavior in Indonesia from 1999 to 2014 : religious cleavage or economic performance?

Higashikata, Takayuki; Kawamura, Koichi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015

In this study, we examine the voting behavior in Indonesian parliamentary elections from 1999 to 2014. After summarizing the changes in Indonesian parties' share of the vote from a historical standpoint, we investigate the voting behavior with simple regression models to analyze the effect of...

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State-business relations in the smaller gulf monarchies -- the role of business actors in the decision-making process

Valeri, Marc - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015

The Arab monarchies of the Gulf have been undergoing striking socio-economic changes caused by the ending of the rent-based welfare state model on which they had largely relied since the 1950s. In this perspective, this paper aims at examining the comparative role of local business communities...

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Chairship system and decision making by consensus in international agreements : the case of ASEAN

Suzuki, Sanae - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014

How are different positions reconciled under decision making by consensus in international agreements? This article aims to answer this question. Consensus rule provides each participant a veto, which risks resulting in non-agreement. Taking ASEAN as a case study of international organizations...

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Ethnicity and Elections under Authoritarianism: The Case of Kazakhstan

Oka, Natsuko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2009

Despite the ethnicisation of power since independence in 1991, Kazakhstan has managed to maintain political stability without experiencing large-scale mobilisation to oppose Kazakh domination. This paper examines government strategy to avoid ethnic voting in an attempt to explain why ethnic...

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Constitutional Review and Democratic Consolidation: A Literature Review

Hazama, Yasushi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2009

This paper reviews the literature on the prevalence of constitutional review across the world, and particularly in emerging democracies, during the last two decades. Two major questions should be addressed in this regard. First, why has the judiciary been empowered and what factors affect...

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Who Eats the Most? :Quantitative Analysis of Pork Barrel Distributions in the Philippines

Kawanaka, Takeshi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2007

Since a pork barrel is crucial in buying off voters, competition over the distributions among legislators has been considered as one of the main factors in producing congressional political dynamism and congressional institutions. This paper aims to test the theory of pork barrel distributions...

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The First Universal Suffrage Election, at County (Gewog) Level, in Bhutan

Ura, Karma - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2004

Following a Royal Edict to adopt universal suffrage in election for local government institutions, maiden elections were held in 199 gewogs (counties) in Bhutan in 2002 to elect their chief executives. This paper gives an account of this first time event in a country where most villagers had...

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Politics of the 1945 Constitution:Democratization and Its Impact on Political Institutions in Indonesia

Kawamura, Koichi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2003

disappeared. A new theme has then aroused: how can the 1945 Constitution be adapted for a new democratic regime in Indonesia? The … presidential system is employed, a cabinet responsible for the Central National Committee was installed. Politics under this … institution was in practice a parliamentary system of government. After the Dutch transferred sovereignty to Indonesia in 1949 …

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Structural Changes and Formation of Rusta-shahr in Post-Revolutionary Rural Society in Iran

Suzuki, Hitoshi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2004

The following paper is based on the author's two-year research and fieldwork in Iran and examines the process of political and social changes since the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the subsequent impact of the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-88. This paper focuses on the transition of traditional, small...

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Political crisis and suspension of duty-free access in Madagascar : assessment of impacts on the garment industry

Fukunishi, Takahiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013

The export-oriented garment industry in Madagascar has displayed robust growth, thus both contributing to the economy and creating formal employment opportunities. However, it experienced a critical situation after the political turmoil that occurred in 2009. Our investigation using the trade...

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