Mobilizing for Elections: Patronage and Political Machines in Southeast Asia

ISBN-13: 9781316513804 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022

Edward Aspinall; Meredith Weiss; Allen Hicken

Opis

Provides a new framework for understanding how and why politicians distribute patronage to win elections using Southeast Asian case studies.

Recenzje

'Mobilizing for Elections is a major contribution to studies of clientelism, patronage and elections. It fundamentally shifts attention away from micro-level, voter-broker-politician linkages and toward distinct electoral mobilization regimes through which politicians distribute resources, mobilize networks, and implement public policies. And drawing on extensive, well-executed research across Southeast Asia, it makes a convincing argument that historical legacies, institutional differences, and social-group characteristics explain the different mobilization regimes. This is a seminal study that cautions against assumptions that findings on clientelism transfer easily from one context to another, provides a framework for understanding different findings, and raises important new research questions.' Ellen Lust, Professor and Founding Director of the Program on Governance and Local Development, University of Gothenburg

Spis treści

1. Patronage and Political Machines in Southeast Asia; 2. Historical and Institutional Foundations: National Parties, Ad Hoc Teams, and Local Machines; 4. Targeting Individuals: Don't You Forget About Me; 5. Targeting Groups: Pork Barreling and Club Goods; 6. Hijacked Programs: Using Public Policy for Patronage Purposes; 7. Patronage and Identity: Domesticating Difference; 8. Subnational Variation: Violence, Hierarchy, and Islands of Exception; 9. Conclusion: Patterns, Permutations, and Policy Implications.