Votes for Survival: Relational Clientelism in Latin America

ISBN-13: 9781108449502 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 324 str.

Simeon Nichter

Opis

"Many politicians across the world deliver material benefits to citizens in direct exchange for political support. Recent news headlines provide a glimpse of this phenomenon"--

Recenzje

'… the book's remarkable contribution lies in integrating distinctive arguments, which have been developed separately thus far, and presenting a cohesive and comprehensive theory of clientelism … Nichter's Votes for Survival: Relational Clientelism in Latin America marks an important milestone in the study of clientelism.' Yuriko Takahashi, The Developing Economies

Spis treści

1. Introduction; Part I. Electoral Clientelism: 2. Challenges for electoral clientelism; Part II. Relational Clientelism: 3. Citizens and relational clientelism; 4. Income and vulnerability; 5. Declared support; 6. Requesting benefits; Part III. Extensions: 7. Citizen strategies in comparative context; 8. Conclusion.