The Puzzle of Clientelism

Political Discretion and Elections Around the World

Miriam A Golden author Eugenia Nazrullaeva author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:23rd Feb '23

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

This Element presents newly-collected cross-national data on reelection rates of lower house national legislators from almost 100 democracies around the world. It suggests that clientelism evolves with economic development, assuming new forms in highly developed democracies but never entirely disappearing.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.

ISBN: 9781009323215

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 4mm

Weight: 135g

75 pages