Research Catalog
Clientelism in everyday Latin American Politics
- Title
- Clientelism in everyday Latin American Politics / edited by Tina Hilgers.
- Publication
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
---|---|---|---|---|
Book/Text | Request in advance | JL964.P7 C55 2012 | Off-site |
Holdings
Details
- Additional Authors
- Hilgers, Tina, 1971-
- Description
- x, 258 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "In Latin America and beyond, societies are deeply unequal, the poor are marginalized, and states face continuous fiscal shortages and real or potential political instability. In this context, democracy functions imperfectly. It intermeshes with clientelism, with the incongruous result that clientelism not only erodes, but also accompanies and supplements democratic processes. Armed with evidence of these complex interactions, this book improves understandings of how and why clientelism endures and why state policy is often ineffective. Political scientists and sociologists, the contributors employ ethnography, targeted interviews, case studies, within-case and regional comparison, thick descriptions, and process tracing. They write from political economy and institutionalist, principal- and agent-centered perspectives"--Provided by publisher.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781137275981 (hardback)
- 1137275987 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2012019325
- 40021688671
- OCLC
- 794037053
- ocn794037053
- SCSB-5668267
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries