The Puzzle of Clientelism - Miriam A. Golden, Eugenia Nazrullaeva

The Puzzle of Clientelism

Political Discretion and Elections Around the World
Buch | Softcover
75 Seiten
2023
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-32321-5 (ISBN)
21,20 inkl. MwSt
This Element presents newly-collected cross-national data on reelection rates of lower house national legislators from almost 100 democracies around the world. It suggests that clientelism evolves with economic development, assuming new forms in highly developed democracies but never entirely disappearing.
This Element presents newly-collected cross-national data on reelection rates of lower house national legislators from almost 100 democracies around the world. Reelection rates are low/high in countries where clientelism and vote buying are high/low. Drawing on theory developed to study lobbying, the authors explain why politicians continue clientelist activities although they do not secure reelection. The Element also provides a thorough review of the last decade of literature on clientelism, which the authors define as discretionary resource distribution by political actors. The combination of novel empirical data and theoretically-grounded analysis provides a radically new perspective on clientelism. Finally, the Element suggests that clientelism evolves with economic development, assuming new forms in highly developed democracies but never entirely disappearing.

1. Introduction; 2. Dimensions of clientelism; 3. Interpretations of clientelism in existing literature; 4. Is clientelism effective? New empirical evidence; 5. An interest group interpretation of the prevalence of clientelism; 6. Rethinking clientelism and development; Appendix A – data definitions; Appendix B – data sources; References.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Elements in Political Economy
Zusatzinfo Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 135 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Staat / Verwaltung
Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik
ISBN-10 1-009-32321-0 / 1009323210
ISBN-13 978-1-009-32321-5 / 9781009323215
Zustand Neuware
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