Brokers courting voters: the alliance system in a rural Philippine village

• Main Authors: Aguilar, Filomeno V, Jr, Alis, Mary Grace Joyce P
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2018
• Subjects: Political alliances; brokers; voter agency; rural poor; local elections; meaning making; clientelism; Political Science
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/history-faculty-pubs/11; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01154451.2018.1525511
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

In lieu of the market model of vote buying, this study probes how brokers do their work of securing votes and what meanings people attach to the giving and receiving of money during elections. Based on an ethnography of a rural village in Camarines Sur province during the 9 May 2016 election campaig...