INDONESIA-ELECTION

Jacqui Baker - 27 Jul, 2014

Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto (C-in white) with his running mate Hatta Rajasa (2nd R), Aburizal Bakrie (1st R) head of Golkar Party, Anis Matta (1st L) president of Justice and Welfare Party, sing along after the declaration of permanent coalition in Jakarta on July 14, 2014. Indonesia’s president on July 11 urged the election chief to ensure a transparent vote count following this week’s disputed presidential poll, after both sides raised fears the other may tamper with the ballots. AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY (Photo credit should read ADEK BERRY/AFP/Getty Images)

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Jacqui Baker
Jacqui Baker is a Lecturer in Southeast Asian Politics and a Senior Fellow at Murdoch University’s Indo-Pacific Research Centre where her research focuses on the political economy of development in Indonesia, with particular attention to issues of inequality, security and law. She is an editor at the Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, better known as BKI, and co-host of the University of Melbourne’s ‘Talking Indonesia’ podcast. Jacqui holds a Masters in Social Anthropology and PhD in Comparative Government from the London School of Economics.
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