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Moderating Anti-Feminism: Islamism and Women Candidates in the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS)
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Abstract As Indonesia's leading Islamist party, the Prosperous Justice Party (Partai Keadilan Sejahtera, PKS) has attracted much scholarly interest, prompting debate on the extent to which the party's inclusion in electoral politics has required it to moderate its initially strict ideological vision. In this... view more
As Indonesia's leading Islamist party, the Prosperous Justice Party (Partai Keadilan Sejahtera, PKS) has attracted much scholarly interest, prompting debate on the extent to which the party's inclusion in electoral politics has required it to moderate its initially strict ideological vision. In this article, we extend consideration of this "inclusion-moderation" thesis to the party's attitudes and practices regarding women. PKS has a large and active female support base, but it emphasises that women's political and social roles should be secondary to their primary duties in the domestic sphere. Through a close study of female PKS candidates in Indonesia's 2019 legislative elections in East Java, we show that women members of the party are moderating the party's anti-feminist stance. Though they do not explicitly challenge party ideology, they demonstrate significant independent agency in their campaign practices, engaging in outreach to female voters in a strongly practical rather than strictly ideological mode.... view less
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Free Keywords
Indonesia; Islamism; feminism; women's agency; women's representation
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Page/Pages
p. 156-173
Journal
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 40 (2021) 1
ISSN
1868-4882
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed