scholarly journals Combining Clientelism and Incumbency Advantage: Political Strategy in Candidate Selection for the 2017 Local Head Election in Bekasi Regency

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-42
Author(s):  
Caroline Paskarina ◽  
Rina Hermawati ◽  
Desi Yunita
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Political Support ◽  
Candidate Selection ◽  
Political Strategy ◽  
Incumbency Advantage ◽  
Party Elites ◽  
Selection For ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Selection Of

This article discusses the post-clientelist initiatives used by political parties in the selection of candidates within the party to determine the regent and vice regents nominated for the local election. Candidate selection is the political domain of political parties, but in the context of figure-based politics, parties tend to play more as political vehicle in the candidacy of local head. Through this role, resource exchanges take place between parties and candidates within the internal party candidacy arena. Using qualitative methods through in-depth interviews and observations of candidate selection in the Bekasi Regent 2017 election, this article seeks to reveal how post-clientelist initiatives are used by party elites to optimize the incumbency advantage as main political resource in the candidate selection to determine who will pair the incumbent. The results show that the dominance of party elites in candidate selection process determines how financial resources and political support are optimized to win the incumbent. Decision to choose the vice-regent from the same party while still forming coalitions with other parties indicates that post-clientelistic strategy is operated both internally and externally. This practice confirms the tendency of the candidate selection model to be more inclusive because it involves other parties, but remains pragmatic.

Labour and Racism: Trade Unions and the Selection of Parliamentary Candidates

1994 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Les Back ◽  
John Solomos
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Candidate Selection ◽  
British Society ◽  
Black Candidates ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Selection Of

The issue of the representation of minorities in political institutions has become central in recent debates about the political sociology of race in British society. This paper uses a case study of a selection process for a prospective parliamentary candidate for the Labour Party to explore the dynamics of recent developments. It explores the following questions: What impact have minority activists had on processes of candidate selection? How have political parties responded to demands for the selection of more black candidates?

Candidate Selection Reform in South Korea: The Persistence of Exclusive Practices Despite Inclusive Rules

2020 ◽  
Vol 93 (4) ◽  
pp. 735-758
Author(s):  
Eun Hee Woo
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
National Level ◽  
Electoral System ◽  
Candidate Selection ◽  
The Political ◽  
Electoral Campaigns ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
Party Elites

This paper analyzes how democratization has affected the dynamics of candidate selection in South Korea. After democratization in the late 1980s, it was expected that intra-party democracy would follow. In response to increasing public demand, the major parties adopted primary systems in the early 2000s. Nonetheless, most candidates for the legislature are still nominated by a small number of central party elites without additional ballots in the local branches. To explain the persistence of such exclusive, centralized features of candidate selection, I highlight the limited impact democratization has had on the political environment in which the parties operate. More specifically, since the 1987 democratization process resulted in a compromise agreement established by a small number of party leaders, South Korea retained much of the political legacy from authoritarian times, such as an electoral system advantageous to the major parties and legal provisions restricting electoral campaigns, party activities, and political participation. The continuation of these political institutions makes radical candidate selection reform highly unlikely as the party elites have no incentive to expand and decentralize the selection process. Without significant changes to the political institutions at the national level, the dominance of the central party elite over the final outcome of candidate selection looks likely to continue for the foreseeable future.

The Supply and Demand Model of Candidate Selection: Some Reflections

2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 513-528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joni Lovenduski
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Candidate Selection ◽  
Demand Model ◽  
Race And Class ◽  
The Core ◽  
Look Back ◽  
Political Recruitment ◽  
Supply And Demand Model

This contribution takes a look back at the supply and demand model of selection and recruitment, developed by Joni Lovenduski and Pippa Norris in Political Recruitment: Gender, Race and Class in the British Parliament (1995). The core understanding of this model was that candidate selection was an interactive process in which both selectors and aspirants affected outcomes that were organized in several sets of institutions. The model illuminates power in particular institutions – British political parties – and was designed to examine the various effects of the selection process. This contribution reflects on the model and puts forward ideas and arguments about what might be done differently, taking into account the theoretical and methodological innovations of the succeeding generation of scholars who have used the model. It also identifies remaining challenges for research on candidate selection and suggests that the supply and demand model is sufficiently flexible that it can still travel across national, system and party boundaries.

scholarly journals TRANSPARANSI DALAM PROSES SELEKSI CALON ANGGOTA PANITIA PENGAWAS (PANWAS) PEMILU TAHUN 2017

Jurnal Niara ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-40
Author(s):  
Sri Roserdevi Nasution ◽  
Harsini Harsini ◽  
Fajarwaty Kusumawardhani ◽  
Fajarwaty Kusumawardhani
Keyword(s):  
Presidential Election ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Democratic Process ◽  
Process Selection ◽  
The People ◽  
Two Cities ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Selection Of

This study aims to determine and analyze the selection process of candidate members of the Election Supervisory Committee (Panwas) Election in two districts and two cities in the province of Riau. The selection takes place in mid-2017, in response to Law No. 15 of 2011 on General Election. Moreover, Riau will hold the Elections to the Regions in 2018 and Legislative Election and the Presidential and Vice Presidential Election in 2019. The existence of Panwas is a necessity in the effort to make the election more qualified and produce leaders in accordance with the conscience of the people. But please note how transparency in the selection process of candidates for Panwas members who have a very big mandate in the nation's democratic process. Selection of Panwas member candidates should fulfill the element of transparency as a proof of the implementation of good governance.The method used in this research is qualitative research methods. Data collection is done by using primary data in the form of in-depth interviews to the informants.Purposive sampling is chosen to be a technique in getting informants in accordance with this research. In addition, secondary data derived from the Election Supervisory Agency and mass media documents also support and sharpen the case studies as the analytical blades in this study.

Novel Approach for Selecting Well Candidates and Appropriate Design of Hydraulic Fracturing in Challenging Reservoirs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Mirza ◽  
Hassan Al Saadi ◽  
Ricardo Sebastian Trejo ◽  
Rifat Kayumov ◽  
Ahmed Hilal
Keyword(s):  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Candidate Selection ◽  
Significant Heterogeneity ◽  
Water Contact ◽  
Well Completion ◽  
Medium Permeability ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract Karim and Haradh reservoirs within the Karim Small Fields (KSF) cluster in the South of the Sultanate of Oman are characterized by low to medium permeability and significant heterogeneity and contain medium to heavy crude oil. Reservoir depths are in the range of 1500 to 2000 m and productive areas are relatively small (around 2 km2 per field). Over the past 10 years, fields development did not result in sustained oil production despite the close well spacing. Geological and reservoir studies indicated that this is mainly due to the heterogeneity, lack of reservoir continuity and presence of significant wellbore damage in most wells. Accordingly, the KSF operator initiated an appraisal campaign focusing on hydraulic fracturing to stimulate the producing wells and improve the extension of their drainage areas. This campaign resulted in significant improvement in well productivity and the analysis of results indicates good potential for improving the ultimate oil recovery from these reservoirs. Although the results from hydraulic fracturing campaign are encouraging, they also indicate that appropriate selection of well candidates, key parameters in the fracturing procedure, effects of well completion and impact of well age are very important for successful oil gain. As a result, a comprehensive procedure for selecting and ranking candidate wells for hydraulic fracturing in Karim and Haradh formations has been developed. The procedure includes assessing the impacts of key properties such as fracture height, depth of oil-water contact, thickness of oil column, and distance to faults. In addition, the lessons learned from the previous appraisal campaign will contribute to achieving optimum fracture geometry in future campaigns. The candidate selection workflow involves understanding the geology, geomechanics, and petrophysics of the wells in which a fracturing operation was performed previously in different formations in KSF. More than 20 existing wells were screened through the candidate selection process using a clear workflow to incorporate all the relevant aspects of the selection criteria. The outcome of the candidate selection phase led to selection of the best wells for fracturing operations in the Karim and Haradh formations. The improvements on the fracturing design have been followed to obtain the optimum fracturing design for the selected wells.

The Selection of Party Leaders in Poland: Democratisation of Rules and Predictability of Results

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maciej Hartliński
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Political Party ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Party Politics ◽  
Extensive Investigation ◽  
Party Leaders ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Election Results ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract The objective of this analysis is to examine political party leadership with reference to the rules and results of its selection process in post-communist Poland. The exploration of these matters is based on qualitative and quantitative data concerning 16 different political parties and 80 selections they conducted in the years 1990-2013. The comprehensive research methods employed for this study ranged from in-depth analysis of particular election results to analysis of constitutional and structural party variations. This extensive investigation enables the reader to draw conclusions about Polish intra-party politics and to understand the vetting processes that Polish politicians must undergo. The findings indicate that political parties tend to address wider selectorates; and that the rules of selection are transparent, democratic, and empirically predictable.

scholarly journals Comparing Candidate Selection: A Feminist Institutionalist Approach

2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 370-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elin Bjarnegård ◽  
Meryl Kenny
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Comparative Studies ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Institutional Context ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Candidate Selection ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Political Dominance ◽  
Key Aspects

This contribution evaluates the theoretical and methodological challenges of researching the gendered dynamics of candidate selection in comparative perspective. It argues that comparative studies should take into account not only the gendered nature of political parties and their wider institutional context, but must also investigate the informal aspects of the selection process and their gendered consequences. The article explores these dynamics by revisiting original in-depth research on the candidate selection process in two different settings – Thailand and Scotland. Using a common analytical framework, the article reflects on this work and points to two key aspects of the interaction between formal and informal rules – the gendered consequences of informal party recruitment and of local influence over candidate selection – which are critically important for understanding the continuity of male political dominance and female under-representation. The article concludes by outlining a research agenda for comparative work on gender, institutions and candidate selection and pointing to future directions for work in this area.

Defending the city, defending votes: campaign strategies in urban Ghana

2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 681-708 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Klaus ◽  
Jeffrey W. Paller
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Incumbency Advantage ◽  
Campaign Strategies ◽  
Electoral Support ◽  
Neighbourhood Level ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Changing Demographics ◽  
The City ◽  
Depth Interviews

AbstractRapid urbanisation in African democracies is changing the way that political parties engage with their constituents, shifting relations between hosts and migrants. This article examines the strategies that parties use to maintain and build electoral support in increasingly diverse contexts. Drawing on in-depth interviews and ethnographic research in Accra, Ghana, we find that some urban political parties rely on inclusive forms of mobilisation, promoting images of cosmopolitanism and unity to incorporate a broad grassroots coalition. Yet in nearby constituencies, parties respond to changing demographics through exclusive forms of mobilisation, using narratives of indigeneity and coercion to intimidate voters who ‘do not belong’. Two factors help explain this variation in mobilisation: incumbency advantage and indigene dominance. In contrast to most scholarship on ethnicity and electoral politics in Africa, we find that these varying mobilisation strategies emerge from very local neighbourhood-level logics and motivations.

scholarly journals Problems of treatment process selection for relief agency water supplies in an emergency

2008 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 483-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andre Steele ◽  
Brian Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Water Treatment ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Process Selection ◽  
Operational Characteristics ◽  
Treatment Technologies ◽  
Complete Set ◽  
Selection For ◽  
Complete Process ◽  
Selection Of

There is currently limited public information available concerning methods for the selection of appropriate water treatment technologies for application in acute phase emergency water and sanitation responses. Considering the number of available emergency water treatment and supply options, it is speculated that a framework methodology offering guidance in the form of a selection process would offer advantages. This process would relate a defined set of emergency factors to a selection of available water treatment and supply options, described by a basic, but complete, set of technical and operational characteristics. It is suggested that, whilst not a complete process, the proposed framework methodology is sufficient to lead to the identification and selection of appropriate options for deployment. Furthermore the support of critical decision making by a logical framework, could help shape and justify the actions of agencies and workers in the field.

scholarly journals Incumbency Advantage as a Basis of Party Coalition in Regional Heads Candidate Selection

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-88
Author(s):  
Caroline Paskarina ◽  
Rina Hermawati ◽  
Nuraeni Suparman
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Candidate Selection ◽  
Local Elections ◽  
Incumbency Advantage ◽  
West Java ◽  
Structural Position ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Public Resources ◽  
Period Data

Studies on the incumbency advantage have proven that incumbents remain strong candidates in the elections. However, these studies focused more on the incumbent figures as the main capital in winning votes. This article analyzes the incumbency advantage from different perspective as the basis for the formation of parties coalitions in local elections. Using a qualitative method, this article compares three regions in West Java, namely City of Cimahi, City of Tasikmalaya, and Regency of Bekasi to show how incumbent use their advantages in influencing the dynamics of candidate selection within political parties, especially in determining who will become their vice mayor/regent and mobilization strategies during the campaign period. Data is collected through in-depth interview with parties’ elites who were involved in candidate selection. Although not all incumbents in the three regions won, but the results of this research proved the dominance of incumbent in the formation of party coalitions due to their structural position in the party and their access to public resources. This finding confirms the importance of criticizing the practice of transactional politics in selecting the candidates in a figure-based political era.

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