The puzzle of clientelism : political discretion and elections around the world
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The puzzle of clientelism : political discretion and elections around the world
（Cambridge elements, . Elements in political economy / edited by David Stasavage）
Cambridge University Press, 2023
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Bibliography: p. [64]-75
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- 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.
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