Elections as Popular Culture in Asia

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Notes on contributors......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 14
Introduction: Political elections as popular culture......Page 16
1 The festive machine: Taiwan’s 2004 elections as popular culture......Page 37
2 Popular protest and electioneering in a partial democracy: The case of Hong Kong......Page 53
3 The performance factor in Indonesian elections......Page 70
4 Betting on democracy: Electoral ritual in the Philippine presidential campaign......Page 87
5 Middle-class ironic electoral cultural practices in Thailand: Observing the 2005 National Assembly Election and its aftermath......Page 109
6 Engaging the 2004 general election in Malaysia: Contrasting roles and goals......Page 130
7 Fun with democracy: Election coverage and the elusive subject of Indian politics......Page 154
8 Net power and the politics of the Internet media in South Korea......Page 170
9 The depersonalized is politically correct: Japanese electioneering practices in mid-life crisis......Page 187
Index......Page 206