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Since the Third Wave of democratization research on clientelism has experienced a revival. The puzzling persistence of clientelism in new and old democracies inspired researchers to investigate the micro-foundations and causes of this phenomenon. Though the decline of clientelistic practices - such as vote buying and patronage - in democratic contexts has often been predicted, they have proven to be highly adaptive strategies of electoral mobilization and party building.
This volume seeks to contribute to this new line of research and develops a theoretical framework to study the consequences of clientelism for democratic governance. Under governance we understand "all processes of governing, whether undertaken by a government, market, or network, whether over a family, tribe, formal or informal organization, or territory, and whether through laws, norms, power or language".
List of contents
Introduction, Saskia P. Ruth / 2. Patrons or Champions? The Organizational Strategies of Ethnic Parties, Petr Kopecky & Maria Spirova / 3. Political Clientelism and Affirmative Action in India, Frank de Zwart / 4. Clientelism and Policy Congruence in Latin American Democracies. Saskia P. Ruth / 5. Democratic Regression and Clientelism: Evidence from Russia, Inga Saikkonen / Part II: Clientelism and Democratic Governance: The Output-Side / 6. Parties in Government and Clientelism in Romania, Clara Volintiru & Sergiu Gherghina / 7. How the Quality of Government Affects the Choice Between Programmatic Spending and Partisan Favours. Juha Ylisalo / 8. Clientelism and Political Business Cycles: Evidence from Health Policy in Italy, Francesco Stolfi / 9.
Universal Social Policies and Clientelistic Party Strategies in Latin America, Sarah Berens & Saskia P. Ruth / 10. Misusing Reform: New Public Governance in the Service of Clientelism, Anka Kekez Kostro / 11. The Bureaucracy as an Opportunity Structure for Clientelism: neopatrimonial patterns in Argentina and Brazil (1990-2010), Luciana Cingolani / 12. Conclusion, Maria Spirova
Summary
This volume seeks to contribute to this new line of research and develops a theoretical framework to study the consequences of clientelism for democratic governance.
