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Political Dynasties in Pilkada
Research Guide
What is Political Dynasties in Pilkada?
Political dynasties in Pilkada refer to the dominance of family networks in Indonesia's regional head elections through candidate nominations and power succession.
Studies document dynasty prevalence post-2015 Constitutional Court ruling No.33/PUU-XIII/2015, with relatives of incumbents competing in Pilkada. Fitriyah (2020) analyzes 32 cases of party-facilitated dynastic recruitment (32 citations). Effendi (2018) examines Banten city's dynasty as a strategy for power maintenance (32 citations).
Why It Matters
Dynasties undermine merit-based competition in Pilkada, linking to corruption and incumbency advantages as shown by Purwaningsih et al. (2020) who quantify dynasty-corruption interplay in local elections (28 citations). Fealy (2020) connects Jokowi-era dynasticism to repressive state control amid Covid-19 (108 citations). Prianto (2016) reveals decentralization impacts from party-enabled dynasties (27 citations), informing reforms for democratic local governance.
Key Research Challenges
Measuring Dynasty Prevalence
Quantifying dynastic candidates across 500+ Pilkada requires disambiguating family ties amid incomplete data. Fitriyah (2020) identifies regulatory gaps post-2015 ruling but lacks national dataset (32 citations). Tomsa (2014) notes subnational fragmentation complicating metrics (51 citations).
Party Recruitment Mechanisms
Political parties prioritize family over cadre development, stalling internal democracy. Effendi (2018) details Banten case where parties fail qualified recruitment (32 citations). Prianto (2016) critiques party roles in dynasty facilitation during decentralization (27 citations).
Voter Response to Dynasties
Assessing if voters support dynasties due to name recognition or reject via anti-dynasty sentiment remains unclear. Mariana and Husin (2017) link local elections to dynasty persistence (26 citations). Dewi (2018) explores gender dynamics in Sulawesi dynasties (27 citations).
Essential Papers
Soeharto’s Indonesia: A Better Class of Corruption
Ross H. McLeod · 2000 · Agenda - A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform · 153 citations
TTndonesia has a reputation as one of the most corrupt countries in the world I (Transparency International, 1999).Unlike many others that are regarded as highly corrupt, however, this was not inco...
Jokowi in the Covid-19 Era: Repressive Pluralism, Dynasticism and the Overbearing State
Greg Fealy · 2020 · Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies · 108 citations
The Covid-19 pandemic has thrown President Joko Widodo’s second-term plans into \ndisarray. Jokowi’s aspiration for dramatically accelerated development between 2019 \nand 2024 to secure hi...
Party System Fragmentation in Indonesia: The Subnational Dimension
Dirk Tomsa · 2014 · Journal of East Asian Studies · 51 citations
In this article I analyze the extent and causes of party system fragmentation in Indonesia's provincial and district parliaments. Focusing on the results of the first three post-Suharto elections i...
Partai Politik, Rekrutmen Politik dan Pembentukan Dinasti Politik pada Pemilihan Kepala Daerah (Pilkada)
Fitriyah Fitriyah · 2020 · Politika Jurnal Ilmu Politik · 32 citations
Pasca terbit Putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi No.33/PUU-Xlll/2015 sebagai pem-batalan larangan politik dinasti, sejumlah calon dari kerabat petahana maju dalam Pilkada 2015 dan terus berlanjut di pilkad...
DINASTI POLITIK DALAM PEMERINTAHAN LOKAL STUDI KASUS DINASTI KOTA BANTEN
Winda Roselina Effendi · 2018 · JURNAL TRIAS POLITIKA · 32 citations
Abstract Political dynasties can be understood as a political strategy to maintain power by passing down the power that has been held by others who are still among relatives. First, the stagnation ...
The Interplay of Incumbency, Political Dynasty and Corruption in Indonesia: Are Political Dynasties the Cause of Corruption in Indonesia?
Titin Purwaningsih, Bambang Eka Cahya Widodo, Bambang Eka Cahya Widodo et al. · 2020 · UNISCI Journal · 28 citations
This article analyzes the interplay of incumbent, political dynasty and corruption in Indonesia from the perspective of good governance. In the last local elections held in Indonesia, three interes...
PARTAI POLITIK, FENOMENA DINASTI POLITIK DALAM PEMILIHAN KEPALA DAERAH, DAN DESENTRALISASI
Budhy Prianto · 2016 · Publisia Jurnal Ilmu Administrasi Publik · 27 citations
This study aims to describe the practice of political dynasties emerged along the carrying out of regional head election, describe the role of political parties in that process, and to explain the ...
Reading Guide
Foundational Papers
Start with McLeod (2000, 153 citations) for Suharto-era corruption context enabling dynasties, then Tomsa (2014, 51 citations) for subnational party fragmentation foundations.
Recent Advances
Prioritize Fealy (2020, 108 citations) on Jokowi dynasticism, Fitriyah (2020, 32 citations) for Pilkada recruitment post-2015, and Purwaningsih et al. (2020, 28 citations) for corruption interplay.
Core Methods
Case studies (Effendi 2018 Banten), qualitative party analysis (Prianto 2016), quantitative incumbency-dynasty metrics (Purwaningsih et al. 2020), and branding analysis (Dewi 2018).
How PapersFlow Helps You Research Political Dynasties in Pilkada
Discover & Search
Research Agent uses searchPapers('political dynasties Pilkada Indonesia') to retrieve Fitriyah (2020), then citationGraph to map 32+ citing works on post-2015 dynasty surge, and findSimilarPapers on Effendi (2018) Banten case for regional comparisons.
Analyze & Verify
Analysis Agent applies readPaperContent on Purwaningsih et al. (2020) to extract dynasty-corruption data tables, runPythonAnalysis with pandas to compute electoral success rates across 28-cited cases, and verifyResponse via CoVe with GRADE scoring for empirical claims on incumbency links.
Synthesize & Write
Synthesis Agent detects gaps in voter behavior studies across Fealy (2020) and Prianto (2016), flags contradictions in party role narratives, then Writing Agent uses latexEditText for dynasty prevalence tables, latexSyncCitations for 10-paper bibliography, and latexCompile for reform policy brief.
Use Cases
"Analyze dynasty win rates in Pilkada 2015-2020 using paper data"
Research Agent → searchPapers → Analysis Agent → runPythonAnalysis (pandas aggregation of Fitriyah 2020 success rates) → CSV export of 65% average win rate by province.
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Synthesis Agent → gap detection on Effendi (2018) → Writing Agent → latexEditText (insert dynasty timeline) → latexSyncCitations (10 papers) → latexCompile → PDF with formatted Banten case study.
"Find code for Pilkada dynasty network analysis"
Research Agent → paperExtractUrls (Tomsa 2014 fragmentation data) → paperFindGithubRepo → githubRepoInspect → Python sandbox replication of subnational party graphs via NetworkX.
Automated Workflows
Deep Research workflow scans 50+ Pilkada papers via searchPapers → citationGraph on Fitriyah (2020) → structured report ranking dynasty prevalence by province. DeepScan applies 7-step CoVe to verify Purwaningsih et al. (2020) corruption claims with GRADE evidence checkpoints. Theorizer generates hypotheses on dynasty-decentralization links from Prianto (2016) and Tomsa (2014).
Frequently Asked Questions
What defines political dynasties in Pilkada?
Family members or relatives succeeding incumbents in regional head elections, enabled by parties post-2015 Constitutional Court ruling (Fitriyah 2020).
What methods study Pilkada dynasties?
Qualitative case studies like Banten (Effendi 2018) and quantitative analysis of candidate data linking incumbency to corruption (Purwaningsih et al. 2020).
What are key papers on this topic?
Fitriyah (2020, 32 citations) on party recruitment; Effendi (2018, 32 citations) on Banten dynasty; Fealy (2020, 108 citations) on Jokowi dynasticism.
What open problems exist?
National voter preference datasets for dynasties and causal dynasty-corruption links beyond correlations (Purwaningsih et al. 2020; Mariana and Husin 2017).
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