This book first published in 1988 is a study of clientelism in the south of Italy its relationship with the mafia and its importance in the context of national politics. With its broad analysis of an important contemporary and historical phenomenon this book is like... Lees meer.

This book first published in 1988 is a study of clientelism in the south of Italy its relationship with the mafia and its importance in the context of national politics. The book explains the existence of clientelism in modern societies and its relation to the distri... Lees meer.

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It unfolds the complex relationship between distributive politics and clientelism and conceptualizes electoral clientelism as a dynamic process that occurs through different sequences. Contemporary political parties have harnessed the influence over state resources to... Lees meer.

Democracy for Sale is an on-the-ground account of Indonesian democracy analyzing its election campaigns and behind-the-scenes machinations. Edward Aspinall and Ward Berenschot assess the informal networks and political strategies that shape access to power and privileg... Lees meer.

Politicians distribute money to voters during campaigns in many low-income democracies. Many observers call this practice vote buying . Money for Votes develops an alternative theory of electoral clientelism that emphasizes the role of monetary handouts in conveying i... Lees meer.

This volume provides a comparative study of the illicit electoral strategies used by candidates in contemporary elections in Romania and Hungary. In many recent democracies candidates compete for office using illegal strategies to influence voters. In Hungary and Ro... Lees meer.

Based on extensive original research this book tells the astonishing story of early Soviet Abkhazia and of its leader the charismatic Bolshevik revolutionary Nestor Lakoba. A tiny republic on the Black Sea coast of the USSR Abkhazia became a vacation retreat for Part... Lees meer.

Democracy has provided opportunities for political representation and accountability but it has also created incentives for creating and maintaining clientelistic networks. Why has clientelism consolidated with the introduction of democracy. Drawing on network analysi... Lees meer.

This book argues that the backsliding or stagnation of democracy should be interpreted in a wider perspective on irregular movements towards and away from contemporary liberal democracy. This a perspective couched by a metaphor namely the pendulum of democracy which... Lees meer.

This book provides an account of systemic corruption within the context of post-Soviet economic and political transitions. Focusing on Armenia and Georgia it shows how systemic corruption has developed since the fall of Soviet rule and how corruption has shaped the eme... Lees meer.

Brokers Voters and Clientelism studies distributive politics. how parties and governments use material resources to win elections. Brokers Voters and Clientelism addresses major questions in distributive politics. Why is it acceptable for parties to try to win e... Lees meer.

In Latin America the state is the prime regulator coordinator and pace-setter of the entire national system the apex of the pyramid from which patronage wealth power and programs flow. The state bears responsibility for the realization of civic needs providing g... Lees meer.

Varieties of Clientelism makes the case that clientelistic politics takes different forms in different countries and that this variation matters for understanding democracy elections and governance. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issu... Lees meer.

Contributing to the growing discourse on political parties in Asia this book looks at parties in Southeast Asia s most competitive electoral democracies of Indonesia Thailand and the Philippines. It highlights the diverse dynamics of party politics in the region and p... Lees meer.