Book contents
- Mobilizing for Elections
- Mobilizing for Elections
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Terms and Acronyms
- 1 Patronage and Political Machines in Southeast Asia
- 2 Historical and Institutional Foundations
- 3 Mobilization Networks and Patterns of Patronage
- 4 Targeting Individuals: Don’t You Forget about Me
- 5 Targeting Groups
- 6 Hijacked Programs
- 7 Patronage and Identity
- 8 Subnational Variation
- 9 Conclusion
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
9 - Conclusion
Patterns, Permutations, and Reform Prospects
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2022
- Mobilizing for Elections
- Mobilizing for Elections
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Terms and Acronyms
- 1 Patronage and Political Machines in Southeast Asia
- 2 Historical and Institutional Foundations
- 3 Mobilization Networks and Patterns of Patronage
- 4 Targeting Individuals: Don’t You Forget about Me
- 5 Targeting Groups
- 6 Hijacked Programs
- 7 Patronage and Identity
- 8 Subnational Variation
- 9 Conclusion
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 9 concludes Mobilizing for Elections by reiterating the volume’s core arguments and contributions, then by exploring the potential extension of its framework to other cases, including the possibility of expanding the typology of electoral mobilization regimes. Next, it reviews the implications of the book’s findings for democratic governance and discusses the opportunities for and limits of reform measures with potential to curtail patronage politics and improve the quality of democracy, including electoral-system reform to help shift polities from a candidate-centric to a party-centric focus. Additional reforms are also important, whether promoting bureaucratic capacity and autonomy or creating a more level electoral playing field.
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- Mobilizing for ElectionsPatronage and Political Machines in Southeast Asia, pp. 235 - 256Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022