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Brokers, voters, and clientelism : the puzzle of distributive politics

Title
Brokers, voters, and clientelism : the puzzle of distributive politics / Susan C. Stokes, Yale University, Thad Dunning, Yale University, Marcelo Nazareno, National University of Córdoba, Argentina, Valeria Brusco, National University of Córdoba, Argentina.
Author
Stokes, Susan Carol.
Publication
New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

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Description
xx, 316 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
Brokers, Voters, and Clientelism addresses major questions in distributive politics. Why is it acceptable for parties to try to win elections by promising to make certain groups of people better off, but unacceptable, and illegal, to pay people for their votes? Why do parties often lavish benefits on loyal voters, whose support they can count on anyway, rather than on responsive swing voters? Why is vote buying and machine politics common in today's developing democracies but a thing of the past in most of today's advanced democracies? This book develops a theory of broker-mediated distribution to answer these questions, testing the theory with research from four developing democracies, and reviews a rich secondary literature on countries in all world regions. The authors deploy normative theory to evaluate whether clientelism, pork-barrel politics, and other non-programmatic distributive strategies can be justified on the grounds that they promote efficiency, redistribution, or voter participation. -- Publisher website.
Series Statement
Cambridge studies in comparative politics
Uniform Title
Cambridge studies in comparative politics.
Subject
  • Political planning > Economic aspects
  • Politics, Practical > Economic aspects
  • Political science > Economic aspects
  • Finance, Public > Political aspects
  • Economic policy
  • Political ethics
  • Demokratie
  • Wahl
  • Klientelismus
  • Verteilungspolitik
  • Wahlverhalten
  • Manipulation
  • Broker
  • Internationaler Vergleich
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-310) and index.
Contents
Between clients and citizens: puzzles and concepts in the study of distributive politics -- Gaps between theory and fact -- A theory of broker-mediated distribution -- Testing the theory of broker-mediated distribution -- A disjunction between the strategies of leaders and brokers? -- Clientelism and poverty -- Party leaders against the machine -- What killed vote buying in Britain and the United States -- What's wrong with buying votes? -- Appendix A : Argentina brokers' survey -- Appendix B : Argentina voters' survey -- Appendix C : Venezuela voters' survey and the Maisanta database -- Appendix D : India voters' survey.
Call Number
JFE 15-6579
ISBN
  • 9781107042209 (hardback)
  • 1107042208 (hardback)
  • 9781107660397 (pbk.)
  • 1107660394 (pbk.)
LCCN
  • 2013007954
  • 40022810456
  • 9781107660397
OCLC
829999688
Author
Stokes, Susan Carol.
Title
Brokers, voters, and clientelism : the puzzle of distributive politics / Susan C. Stokes, Yale University, Thad Dunning, Yale University, Marcelo Nazareno, National University of Córdoba, Argentina, Valeria Brusco, National University of Córdoba, Argentina.
Publisher
New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Cambridge studies in comparative politics
Cambridge studies in comparative politics.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-310) and index.
Other Standard Identifier
40022810456
9781107660397
Research Call Number
JFE 15-6579
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