Description
Book SynopsisIn The Candidate''s Dilemma, Elisabeth Kramer tells the story of how three political candidates in Indonesia made decisions to resist, engage in, or otherwise incorporate money politics into their electioneering strategies over the course of their campaigns.
As they campaign, candidates encounter pressure from the institutional rules that guide elections, political parties, and voters, and must also negotiate complex social relationships to remain competitive. For anticorruption candidates, this context presents additional challenges for building and maintaining their identities. Some of these candidates establish their campaign parameters early and are able to stay their course. For others, the campaign trail results in an avalanche of compromises, each one eating away at their sense of what constitutes moral and acceptable behavior. The Candidate''s Dilemma delves into the lived experiences of candidates to offer a nuanced study of how the
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Competitive Elections and Campaign Behavior
2. Corruption and Leveraging Anticorruptionism
3. Standing His Ground
4. Bowing to Pressure
5. Experienced and Pragmatic
6. Campaigns, Context, and Consequences
Conclusion
