Employing ethnographic fieldwork, interviews, and polling data, international contributors in political science and economics present their original research on the role of money in the electoral process, focusing on the 2016 election in the Philippines. Opening chapters reveal the local dynamics of the national election in the Philippines and the myth of the machines. Subsequent chapters are grouped by region: Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. They report on the use of patronage resources in political campaigns and the networks and organizations through which the resources flow. Discussion encompasses candidate strategies to mobilize voters, social and religious networks, and voter behavior. Annotation ©2019 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
The role of clientism, political machines, and money in grassroots electioneering in the Philippines has been much analyzed by those who study the subject, but never as extensively as Allen Hicken, Edward Aspinall, and Meredith Weiss do in Electoral Dynamics in the Philippines. Combining in-depth ethnographic fieldwork in localities across the Philippines during the 2016 elections with polling data and national comparative data, this study sheds light on the organization of elections and electioneering across the Philippines. How do candidates choose to appeal to voters, and how do they get out the vote? How do voters respond to different kinds of appeals? How important are patronage and clientism? What are the networks within which patronage is delivered? What do the political machines look like in elections influenced by social media? The book identifies commonalities and differences across the Philippines while speaking to current debates in political science about elections in developing democracies, the structure and organization of clientelism, and the role of money in elections.
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1 Introduction: The Local Dynamics of the National Election in the Philippines |
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2 The Myth of the Machine |
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3 Rinconada, Camarines Sur: Incumbency and Patronage as Determinants of Electoral Success |
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4 Second District of Camarines Norte: Are Patronage Politics a Socio-Political Condition or Cultural Syndrome? |
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5 Fourth District of Laguna: A Tale of Two Parties |
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6 First District of Laguna: A Tale of Two Cities |
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7 First District of Makati: Signs of an Electoral Backslide and Challenges to a Local Dynasty |
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8 Muntinlupa City: The Use of Monikers as a Manifestation of Programmatic Politics |
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9 Third District of Pangasinan: Weaning Away from Traditional Patronage |
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10 Naga City, Camarines Sur: An Alternative Mode of Politics under Strain |
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Mary Joyce Borromeo-Bulao |
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11 Leyte: Where Only the Wealthy and Powerful Survive |
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12 Second District of Leyte: Money, Machinery, and Issues in Fighting Local Dynasties in the 2016 Election |
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13 First District of Bohol: Tradition, Innovation, and Women's Agency in Local Patronage Politics |
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14 Antique Province: Old Money, Same Players, and the Politics of Patronage in the 2016 Election |
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15 Compostela Valley Province: Machine, Logistics, and Solicitations |
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16 Tagum City, Davao del Norte: When a Local Boss Fails |
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17 Lanao del Sur: Gold, Goons, Guns, and Genealogy |
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| Contributors |
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Edward Aspinall is a professor of politics at the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Australian National University. He has published extensively on the politics of Indonesia, including on democratisation, ethnic politics, subnational conflict and civil society. He is the author of two books, Opposing Suharto: Compromise, Resistance and Regime Change in Indonesia (Stanford University Press, 2005) and Islam and Nation: Separatist Conflict in Aceh, Indonesia (NUS Press & Stanford University Press, 2009). Electoral Dynamics in Indonesia is his tenth edited volume.
Allen Hicken is professor of Political Science, a Research Professor at the Center for Political Studies, and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Michigan.
Meredith Weiss is professor of Political Science at the University at Albany, State University of New York.
