The Puzzle of Clientelism: Political Discretion and Elections Around the World

di Miriam A. Golden (Autore)

Eugenia Nazrullaeva (Autore)

Cambridge University Press, 2023

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.

• Autore: Miriam A. Golden, Eugenia Nazrullaeva
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Collana: Elements in Political Economy
• Anno: 2023
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 75 p.
• Dimensioni: 229 x 152 mm
• Peso: 135 gr.
• EAN: 9781009323215

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