Buying Audiences - Clientelism and Electoral Campaigns When Parties Are Weak

Develops a new theory of how politicians campaign and deploy electoral clientelism in weak party systems.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. An informational theory of electoral clientelism; 3. Clientelistic linkages in Peru and the limits of conventional explanations; 4. Convoking voters and establishing electoral viability; 5. Influence from the citizens' point of view; 6. Analyzing campaigns; 7. Conclusions; Appendices.

About the author

Paula Muñoz is Professor of Social and Political Sciences at the Universidad del Pacífico, Peru. Her research focuses on Latin American politics, political parties, and clientelism. Her dissertation received the 2014 Juan Linz Award for Best Dissertation in the Comparative Study of Democracy in the Comparative Democratization Section, American Political Science Association.

Summary

Buying Audiences develops a new theory of how politicians campaign and deploy electoral clientelism in the absence of institutionalized parties and stable party-broker relationships. It will interest scholars who study Latin American politics, electoral campaigns, clientelism, political parties, and business influence in the developing world.

Product details

• Authors: Paula Mu¿oz, Paula Munoz, Paula Muñoz
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781108422598
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42259-8
• No. of pages: 314
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, Latin America, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Comparative Politics, Political campaigning & advertising, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Political campaigning and advertising, Elections & referenda, Elections and referenda / suffrage