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.

Sommario

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.

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Virginia Oliveros, Virginia (Tulane University Oliveros
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9781316514085
• ISBN: 978-1-316-51408-5
• Pagine: 280
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state