Patronage democracy in the Philippines : clans, clients, and competition in local elections / edited by Julio C. Teehankee and Cleo Anne A. Calimbahin. - xviii, 345 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Isabela Province, limitations and possibilities of reciprocity / Marvin H. Bernardo -- City of Manila, political brokerage in urban mayoral elections / Louie C. Montemar and Julio C. Teehankee -- Makati City, moral capital, patronage, and campaign narratives / Matthew David D. Ordoņez -- Caloocan City, national linkages, brokerage, and dynastic balancing / Aries A. Arugay and Kristoffer Daniel T. Li -- Camarines Sur, race of the machines / Mary Joyce Borromeo-Bulao -- Cebu City, enduring kinship networks / Georgeline B. Jaca -- Cebu Province, clients as brokers / Allan G. Quiņanola and Kevin Nielsen M. Agojo -- Iloilo Province, the linkage of national-local brokerage / Mary Pauline L. Balmes -- Bacolod City, machine politics and the INC advantage / Gladstone A. Cuarteros -- Lanao del Norte, generational shifts in clan politics / Phyllis Marie S. Teanco -- Disparate and harnessed, patronage democracy in the Philippines / Cleo Anne A. Calimbahin.

Patronage democracy in the Philippines : clans, clients, and competition in local elections demonstrates the persistence of political patronage in local power relations and electoral dynamics in the Philippines. Through ten case studies of political contests in various parts of the country during the 2016 and 2019 elections, it documents how patronage takes different forms and flows through clientelistic and clan networks that are very much alive in local politics. The case studies -covering the provinces of Isabela, Camarines Sur, Cebu, Iloilo, and Lanao del Norte, and the cities of Manila, Makati, Caloocan, Cebu, and Bacolod-also provide nuanced understandings of how patronage is strategically dispensed and transformed, especially across distinctive yet changing local political contexts. It is hoped that the volume, by mapping he shifts in patronage-driven electoral politics in the country, informs future engagements and reflections on genuine democratic reforms.

CAS Bachelor of Arts in Political Science


In English.

9786214481644

2022347634


Local elections--Philippines.
Local government--Philippines.
Patronage, Political--Philippines.
Politics, Practical--Philippines.

JS7307.3 / .P38 2022

324.204599 P27 / 2022