Patronage At Work - Public Jobs and Political Services in Argentina

Describes what patronage employees do in exchange for their jobs and provides a novel explanation of why they do it.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. A Theory of Self-Enforcing Patronage; 3 Getting the Job; 4. Patronage Contracts and Political Services: Evidence from List Experiments; 5. Patronage, Favors, and the Personalization of Public Administration; 6. Self- Enforcing Patronage Contracts; 7. Beyond the Argentine Case; 8. Conclusions and Broader Implications.

About the author

Virginia Oliveros is Associate Professor of Political Science at Tulane University. She co-edited (with Noam Lupu and Luis Schiumerini) Campaigns and Voters in Developing Democracies (2019). Her research has appeared in American Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, and Comparative Politics.

Summary

Using a mixed methods research design, Oliveros examines how patronage – the exchange of public sector jobs for political support – works. The book provides a detailed description of what patronage employees do in exchange for their jobs, as well as a novel explanation of why they do it.

Foreword

Describes what patronage employees do in exchange for their jobs and provides a novel explanation of why they do it.

Product details

• Authors: Virginia Oliveros, Virginia (Tulane University Oliveros
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2023
• EAN: 9781009077354
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0907735-4
• No. of pages: 265
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state