The Puzzle of Clientelism
Autor: | Golden, Miriam A Nazrullaeva, Eugenia |
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EAN: | 9781009323215 |
Sachgruppe: | Medien, Kommunikation |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Seitenzahl: | 75 |
Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 23.02.2023 |
Untertitel: | Political Discretion and Elections Around the World |
Schlagworte: | Politics / Current Events |
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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.