Patrons, clients and policies: patterns of democratic accountability and political competition
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521865050
Date de publication :
29 mars 2007
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,8 x 2,6 cm
Poids :
749 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Political scientists have tended to assume that 'patron-client politics' is confined to developing countries. This volume examines how, despite a wave of democratization, patronage politics continues to exist in stable and wealthy polities and offers explanations of why politicians engage in clientelistic behaviours and why voters respond.