Paul Hutchcroft

Apr 2, 2024 | cambridge.org | Edward Aspinall |Meredith L. Weiss |Allen Hicken |Paul Hutchcroft

Politicians in Southeast Asia, as in many other regions, win elections by distributing cash, goods, jobs, projects, and other benefits to supporters, but the ways in which they do this vary tremendously, both across and within countries. Mobilizing for Elections presents a new framework for analyzing variation in patronage democracies, focusing on distinct forms of patronage and different networks through which it is distributed.

Sep 19, 2023 | academic.oup.com | Edward Aspinall |Meredith L. Weiss |Allen Hicken |Paul Hutchcroft

Saying something new—let alone creative and thoughtful—in a crowded field is difficult. Mobilizing for Elections provides a new framework to study and understand distributive politics by focusing on patronage and clientelism. Studying in detail patronage and clientelistic networks in three countries in Southeast Asia, Aspinall, Weiss, Hicken, and Hutchcroft build a new theory and provide novel findings to the field.