Votes for Survival: Relational Clientelism in Latin America

by Simeon Nichter

Book Overview

Across the world, many politicians deliver benefits to citizens in direct exchange for their votes. Scholars often predict the demise of this phenomenon, as it is threatened by economic development, ballot secrecy and other daunting challenges. To explain its resilience, this book shifts attention to the demand side of exchanges. Nichter contends that citizens play a crucial but underappreciated role in the survival of relational clientelism - ongoing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108428363
• ISBN13: 9781108428361
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.2" x 6.2"