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      • Eric Kramon, George Washington University, Washington DC
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      26 October 2017
      02 November 2017
      ISBN:
      9781108149839
      9781107193727
      9781316645147
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108149839
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.46kg, 244 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.38kg, 246 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, African Studies, Politics and International Relations, Comparative Politics, African Government, Politics and Policy
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    Area Studies, African Studies, Politics and International Relations, Comparative Politics, African Government, Politics and Policy
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    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 information to voters, helping politicians enhance the credibility of their promises to deliver development resources and particularistic benefits to their constituents. Supported by interviews, experiments, and surveys in Kenya, and additional evidence from qualitative and survey data from elsewhere in Africa, the study tests the implications of this argument, and traces the consequences of electoral clientelism for voter behaviour, ethnic politics, public goods provision, and democratic accountability. Ultimately, the book suggests that the relationship of electoral clientelism to the quality of democracy is far more nuanced than our instincts might suggest.

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