Political Parties and Electoral Clientelism

Contemporary political parties have harnessed the influence over state resources to secure electoral victories, giving rise to the evolution of electoral clientelism. What was once a simple act of vote buying has transformed into a nuanced system of exchanges, where the intricate ties between patron...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Gherghina, Sergiu (Editor), Nemčok, Miroslav (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2023, 2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Political parties, state resources and electoral clientelism
  • Chapter 2: Clientelism and distributive politics in Australia: comparing partisan pork barrel with contingency-based vote-buying
  • Chapter 3: Administrative clientelism and policy reform failure: the Western Canada Integrated Land Management experience 1990–2015
  • Chapter 4: Authoritarian clientelism: the case of the president’s ‘creatures’ in Cameroon
  • Chapter 5: Coordinating the machine: subnational political context and the effectiveness of machine politics
  • Chapter 6: Political parties and clientelism in transition countries: evidence from Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine
  • Chapter 7: Does clientelism hinder progressive social policy in Latin America?
  • Chapter 8: Conclusion