Clientelism, Capitalism, and Democracy - The Rise of Programmatic Politics in the United States and Britain

In the United States and Britain, capitalists organized in opposition to clientelism and demanded programmatic parties and institutional reforms.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Clientelism as a failure of governance: a theory of business, parties, and programmatic demands; 2. Clientelism as a governing strategy in the United States; 3. Business organization and the push for programmatic parties; 4. Clientelism and governance in Britain, 1850-80; 5. Administrative reform and programmatic parties in Britain; Conclusion.

About the author

Didi Kuo is the Program Manager of the Program on American Democracy in Comparative Perspective at Stanford University's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, and an Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fellow at New America.

Product details

• Authors: Didi Kuo, Didi (Stanford University Kuo, KUO DIDI
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781108426084
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42608-4
• No. of pages: 174
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Political structure & processes, United Kingdom, Great Britain, United States of America, USA, Political structure and processes, Political parties and party platforms