The Puzzle of Clientelism

ISBN-13: 9781009323215 / Miękka / 2023

Eugenia (London School of Economics and Political Science) N

Opis

This Element presents novel data on legislator reelection rates of lower house national legislators from nearly 100 democracies.

Spis treści

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.