Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Electoral Clientelism
- Part II Relational Clientelism
- Part III Extensions
- Appendix A Description of Qualitative Fieldwork
- Appendix B Description of Surveys
- Appendix C Signaling Model of Declared Support
- Appendix D Regression Tables for Declared Support
- Appendix E Regression Tables for Requesting Benefits
- Appendix F Regression Tables for Comparative Chapter
- Bibliography
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
1 - Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 December 2018
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Electoral Clientelism
- Part II Relational Clientelism
- Part III Extensions
- Appendix A Description of Qualitative Fieldwork
- Appendix B Description of Surveys
- Appendix C Signaling Model of Declared Support
- Appendix D Regression Tables for Declared Support
- Appendix E Regression Tables for Requesting Benefits
- Appendix F Regression Tables for Comparative Chapter
- Bibliography
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
Summary
Chapter 1 introduces how and why citizens often play a crucial role in the survival of clientelism.The persistence of clientelism across the world presents an intriguing puzzle, given the wide range of challenges that ostensibly threaten its existence.The chapter summarizes the book’s argument that vulnerability often spurs citizens to undertake actions that help sustain “relational clientelism” – ongoing exchange relationships with politicians who render assistance when adversity strikes.It introduces two key mechanisms – declared support and requesting benefits – by which citizens fortify these long-term clientelist relationships. The chapter distinguishes relational clientelism from electoral clientelism and other forms of distributive politics, and examines why the phenomenon is especially prone to opportunistic defection.It provides an overview of each chapter, and discusses scope conditions and broader implications.The chapter explains why Brazil presents a fortuitous context to test the argument; corroborative evidence is also provided from Argentina and Mexico, as well as from Ghana, India, Lebanon, Yemen, and cross-national surveys in Africa and Latin America.
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- Votes for SurvivalRelational Clientelism in Latin America, pp. 1 - 24Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018