Party Politics In Southeast Asia: Clientelism And Electoral Competition In Indonesia, Thailand And The Philippines (routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series)
by Dirk Tomsa /
2012 / English / PDF
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Contributing to the growing discourse on political parties in
Asia, this book looks at parties in Southeast Asia’s most
competitive electoral democracies of Indonesia, Thailand and the
Philippines. It highlights the diverse dynamics of party politics
in the region and provides new insights into organizational
structures, mobilizational strategies and the multiple dimensions
of linkages between political parties and their voters.
Contributing to the growing discourse on political parties in
Asia, this book looks at parties in Southeast Asia’s most
competitive electoral democracies of Indonesia, Thailand and the
Philippines. It highlights the diverse dynamics of party politics
in the region and provides new insights into organizational
structures, mobilizational strategies and the multiple dimensions
of linkages between political parties and their voters.
The book focuses on the prominence of clientelistic practices and
strategies, both within parties as well as between parties and
their voters. It demonstrates that clientelism is extremely
versatile and can take many forms, ranging from traditional,
personalized relationships between a patron and a client to the
modern reincarnations of broker-driven network clientelism that
is often based on more anonymous relations. The book also
discusses how contemporary political parties often combine
clientelistic practices with more formal patterns of organization
and communication, thus raising questions about neat analytical
dichotomies.
The book focuses on the prominence of clientelistic practices and
strategies, both within parties as well as between parties and
their voters. It demonstrates that clientelism is extremely
versatile and can take many forms, ranging from traditional,
personalized relationships between a patron and a client to the
modern reincarnations of broker-driven network clientelism that
is often based on more anonymous relations. The book also
discusses how contemporary political parties often combine
clientelistic practices with more formal patterns of organization
and communication, thus raising questions about neat analytical
dichotomies.
Straddling the intersection between political science and area
studies, this book is of interest to students and scholars of
contemporary Southeast Asian politics, and political scientists
and Asian Studies specialists with a broader research interest in
comparative democratization studies.
Straddling the intersection between political science and area
studies, this book is of interest to students and scholars of
contemporary Southeast Asian politics, and political scientists
and Asian Studies specialists with a broader research interest in
comparative democratization studies.