Power and the Vote - Elections and Electricity in the Developing World

Who gets electricity in the developing world? Power and the Vote offers a deeply political answer tested against new data from satellites.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Public goods, elections, and the poor; 3. Power and the state; 4. Measuring electricity from space; 5. Democracy and light; 6. Lighting the poor; 7. Electrifying India; 8. Conclusion.

About the author

Brian Min is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan. His dissertation received the 2011 Gabriel A. Almond Award for the best dissertation in comparative politics from the American Political Science Association. Min's articles have appeared in World Politics, American Sociological Review, and Annual Review of Political Science. He has received grants from the World Bank, the International Growth Center, and the National Science Foundation. Min received his PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles, MPP from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and BA from Cornell University.

Summary

Power and the Vote newly engages the debate on democracy's impact in the developing world with fresh data and theory. Scholars and policymakers will appreciate the focus on the underestimated energy challenge facing the world's poor and insights on how politics shapes the delivery of even technical services like electricity.

Product details

• Authors: Brian Min, Brian (University of Michigan Min, Min Brian
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2015
• EAN: 9781107525382
• ISBN: 978-1-107-52538-2
• No. of pages: 211
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, Developing Countries, Comparative Politics, Elections & referenda, Elections and referenda / suffrage, Global South / Developing countries