The Dual Lacunae of Urban Areas and Electoral Support for an Islamic Party: Prosperous Justice Party, Depok City, Indonesia

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Abstract

Among the Islamic parties in Indonesia, one that is considered successful in gaining electoral support compared to others in the last two decades is the Prosperous Justice Party (Partai Keadilan Sejahtera, PKS). Previous studies concluded that this success was determined by ideology, organization, social service and leadership of the PKS. While I agree that these factors have contributed to sustaining electoral successes, given that the PKS has only received significant support in a few regions, these factors appear to be only capable of working effectively in certain local socio-political contexts. In order to enrich the previous studies, I argue that this success is related to the phenomenon of dual lacunae that occurs in urban areas. The first lacuna is the absence of dominant socio-political organizations or fragmented or dysfunctioning organizations. The second is the social ties of citizens, especially the educated Muslim middle class, which is significant in number, most of whom are migrants, with their varied traditional organizations fading or even disappearing due to the effects of migration and dysfunction of these organizations. With its ideology, organization, social service and leadership, PKS has succeeded in filling these dual lacunae and convert them into electoral support. The tool of analysis of this study is a critical political economy approach. This study used a qualitative approach i.e. a case study of PKS in Depok City. The data collection technique in this study is an in-depth interview of those varied source persons, a document study, and a literature study.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe 1st Hispisi's International Conference on Humanities, Education, Law, and Social Sciences
Publication statusPublished - 21 May 2021

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