Patrons, Clients and Policies: Patterns of Democratic Accountability and Political Competition

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511585869

Most models of party competition assume that citizens vote for a platform rather than narrowly targeted material benefits. However, there are many countries where politicians win elections by giving money, jobs, and services in direct exchange for votes. This is not just true in the developing world, but also in economically developed countries - such as Japan and Austria - that clearly meet the definition of stable, modern democracies. This book offers explanations for why politicians engage in clientelistic behaviours and why voters respond. Using newly collected data on national and sub-national patterns of patronage and electoral competition, the contributors demonstrate why explanations based on economic modernization or electoral institutions cannot account for international variation in patron-client and programmatic competition. Instead, they show how the interaction of economic development, party competition, governance of the economy, and ethnic heterogeneity may work together to determine the choices of patrons, clients and policies.

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Frontmatter
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Acknowledgments
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- By Herbert Kitschelt, George V. Allen Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science, Duke University, I. Wilkinson Wilkinson, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, Duke University
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List of contributors
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1 - Citizen–politician linkages: an introduction
pp 1-49
- By Herbert Kitschelt, George V. Allen Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science, Duke University, Steven I. Wilkinson, Associate Professor of Government and Social Studies, Harvard University
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2 - Meet the new boss, same as the old boss? The evolution of political clientelism in Africa
pp 50-67
- By Nicolas Van De Walle, John S. Knight Professor of International Studies in the Department of Government, Cornell University
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3 - Monopoly and monitoring: an approach to political clientelism
pp 68-83
- By Luis Fernando Medina, Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics, University of Virginia, Susan C. Stokes, John S. Saden Professor of Political Science and Director of the Program on Democracy, Yale University
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4 - Counting heads: a theory of voter and elite behavior in patronage democracies
pp 84-109
- By Kanchan Chandra, Associate Professor in the Wilf Family Department of Politics, New York University
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5 - Explaining changing patterns of party–voter linkages in India
pp 110-140
- By Steven I. Wilkinson, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Chicago
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6 - Politics in the middle: mediating relationships between the citizens and the state in rural North India
pp 141-158
- By Anirudh Krishna, Assistant Professor of Public Policy Studies, Sanford Institute for Public Policy, Duke University
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7 - Rethinking economics and institutions: the voter's dilemma and democratic accountability
pp 159-181
- By Mona M. Lyne, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of South Carolina
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8 - Clientelism and portfolio diversification: a model of electoral investment with applications to Mexico
pp 182-205
- By Beatriz Magaloni, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, Stanford University, Alberto Diaz-Cayeros, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, Stanford University, Federico Estévez, Professor of Political Science, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)
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9 - From populism to clientelism? The transformation of labor-based party linkages in Latin America
pp 206-226
- By Steven Levitsky, Associate Professor of Government and Social Studies, Harvard University
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10 - Correlates of clientelism: political economy, politicized ethnicity, and post-communist transition
pp 227-250
- By Henry Hale, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University
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11 - Political institutions and linkage strategies
pp 251-275
- By Wolfgang C. Müller, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University
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12 - Clientelism in Japan: the importance and limits of institutional explanations
pp 276-297
- By Ethan Scheiner, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of California, Davis
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13 - The demise of clientelism in affluent capitalist democracies
pp 298-321
- By Herbert Kitschelt, George V. Allen Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science, Duke University
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14 - A research agenda for the study of citizen–politician linkages and democratic accountability
pp 322-343
- By Herbert Kitschelt, George V. Allen Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science, Duke University, Steven I. Wilkinson, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, Duke University
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References
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Index
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of figures
pp vii-vii

List of tables
pp viii-ix

Acknowledgments
pp x-x

List of contributors
pp xi-xii

1 - Citizen–politician linkages: an introduction
pp 1-49

2 - Meet the new boss, same as the old boss? The evolution of political clientelism in Africa
pp 50-67

3 - Monopoly and monitoring: an approach to political clientelism
pp 68-83

4 - Counting heads: a theory of voter and elite behavior in patronage democracies
pp 84-109

5 - Explaining changing patterns of party–voter linkages in India
pp 110-140

6 - Politics in the middle: mediating relationships between the citizens and the state in rural North India
pp 141-158

7 - Rethinking economics and institutions: the voter's dilemma and democratic accountability
pp 159-181

8 - Clientelism and portfolio diversification: a model of electoral investment with applications to Mexico
pp 182-205

9 - From populism to clientelism? The transformation of labor-based party linkages in Latin America
pp 206-226

10 - Correlates of clientelism: political economy, politicized ethnicity, and post-communist transition
pp 227-250

11 - Political institutions and linkage strategies
pp 251-275

12 - Clientelism in Japan: the importance and limits of institutional explanations
pp 276-297

13 - The demise of clientelism in affluent capitalist democracies
pp 298-321

14 - A research agenda for the study of citizen–politician linkages and democratic accountability
pp 322-343

References
pp 344-370

Index
pp 371-377

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