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Class participation in politics in Southeast Asia

Philippine Review of Economics

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Title Class participation in politics in Southeast Asia
 
Creator Capuno, Joseph J.; University of the Philippines School of Economics
 
Subject political participation, middle class, Oaxaca decomposition, Southeast Asia
 
Description Using the dataset from the Asian Barometer Survey conducted in 2010-2012, we determine the variations in political participation across socioeconomic classes in five Southeast Asian countries and apply Oaxaca decomposition method to explain the variations. In general, we find high rates of voting participation across classes in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand. In Singapore, barely half of the sample voted in previous elections. In Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia, the middle classes distinguish themselves from the rest by participating in other political activities, including contacting officials or the news media, joining others to voice out or directly address their common concerns, and attending rallies or demonstrations. Furthermore, interclass differences in political participation is due more to divergence in mean characteristics in Thailand, but they are due more to the heterogeneous effects of these characteristics in Indonesia and Malaysia. Relative to the middle classes in these three countries, those in the Philippines and Singapore each appears politically disengaged.JEL classification: D72, Z10, 057
 
Publisher Philippine Review of Economics
 
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Date 2015-12-31
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Identifier http://www.econ.upd.edu.ph/pre/index.php/pre/article/view/927
 
Source Philippine Review of Economics; Vol 52, No 2 (2015); 118-142
1655-1516
 
Language en
 
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