The Politics of Place and the Limits of Redistribution

ISBN-13: 9781032242668 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 214 str.

Melissa Ziegler Rogers

Opis

Regional differences in wealth strongly affect national politics. Most politicians represent the interests of territories, and political debate to distribute government resources is a competition to bring money back to their district. The more wealth differs across districts, the wider policy preferences for citizens and their representatives wi

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Theory  3. Regional Disparity in the World  4. Parties, Electoral Rules, and Representation in Legislatures5. Executives and National Public Goods  6. Federalism and Decentralization  7. Conclusion

O autorze

Melissa Ziegler Rogers is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Claremont Graduate University. She specialises in comparative politics, Latin American politics, and comparative political institutions.