Mobilizing for Elections

Edward Aspinall is Professor of Political Science and Social Change at the Australian National University. He is the author of Opposing Suharto: Compromise, Resistance and Regime Change in Indonesia (2005), Islam and Nation: Separatist Rebellion in Aceh, Indonesia (2009) and Democracy for Sale: Elections, Clientelism and the State in Indonesia (2019, with Ward Berenschot). Meredith L. Weiss is Professor of Political Science at the University at Albany, SUNY. She is the author of Protest and Possibilities: Civil Society and Coalitions for Political Change in Malaysia (2006), Student Activism in Malaysia: Crucible, Mirror, Sideshow (2011), and The Roots of Resilience: Party Machines and Grassroots Politics in Southeast Asia (2020). Allen Hicken is Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan. He is the author, editor, or co-editor of Building Party Systems in Developing Democracies (2009), Politics of Modern Southeast Asia (2010), Party and Party System Institutionalization in Asia (2014), and Electoral Dynamics in the Philippines (2019). Paul D. Hutchcroft is Professor of Political Science and Social Change at the Australian National University. He is the author of Booty Capitalism: The Politics of Banking in the Philippines (1998) and editor of Mindanao: The Long Journey to Peace and Prosperity (2016) and Strong Patronage, Weak Parties: The Case for Electoral System Redesign in the Philippines (2019).

• 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.

'In exemplary fashion, this book manages to combine a significant contribution to the theory of democratic accountability and linkage formation between electoral constituencies and political elites with a thorough and subtle multi-method empirical analysis of partisan competition in three important, but often understudied Southeast Asian countries. Especially the conceptualization of electoral mobilization regimes – how partisan networks are intertwined with the deployment and targeting of resources on electoral constituencies – should resonate in the research community.' Herbert Kitschelt, George V. Allen Distinguished Professor of International Relations Professor of Political Science, Duke University