Puzzle of Clientelism (eBook)

Political Discretion and Elections Around the World

Miriam A. Golden, Eugenia Nazrullaeva (Autoren)

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2023
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-32322-2 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.2.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
• ISBN-10: 1-009-32322-9 / 1009323229
• ISBN-13: 978-1-009-32322-2 / 9781009323222