Clientelism in everyday Latin American Politics
By: [edited by] Tina Hilgers
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9781137275981
Subjects: Politics and government; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General; Patron and client; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Government & Business; Business and politics
Description: "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"--