Do parties target individuals or groups? Although this question is fundamental to understanding clientelism, the literature does not offer an answer. This paper argues that, depending on certain conditions, brokers target individuals when they are identifiable, and groups when brokers need to rely on the spillover effects of clientelism. Both identifiability and spillovers depend on individual poverty, group poverty, and political competition. Though the theory I outline focuses on targeting, I also argue that structural factors, such as the density of the poor, should be considered in the vote-buying literature. Structural factors are one of the few observables upon which brokers can base their decision regarding investing in clientelism. ...
Why do some poor people engage in clientelism whereas others do not? Why does clientelism sometimes ...
In scholarship on informal politics in Brazil, clientelism is a well-studied phenomenon. While studi...
The available literature explains that brokers can count on the support of the poor in the secret ba...
Do parties target individuals or groups? Although this question is fundamental to understanding clie...
Do parties target individuals or groups? Although this question is fundamental to understanding clie...
In many countries, clientelist parties (or political machines) distribute selective benefits, especi...
Patrones, punteros y clientes componen la tipología básica de actores de la literatura sobre cliente...
It is commonly observed that clientelist parties (ones that trade individual material rewards for vo...
The central argument of this dissertation is relatively counterintuitive: increases in income do not...
Conditional cash transfer programs (CCTs) allow poor households and individuals access to income sup...
In this dissertation, I investigate some of the theoretical and empirical puzzles posed by the persi...
En este capítulo discutimos algunos de los temas más importantes relacionados con la literatura en c...
Why do some poor people engage in clientelism whereas others do not? Why does clientelism sometimes ...
La identidad de los “clientes” es un tema poco explorado cuantitativamente en la literatura; esto pe...
While clientelism is an important tool used by political parties for electoral victory, the identity...
Why do some poor people engage in clientelism whereas others do not? Why does clientelism sometimes ...
In scholarship on informal politics in Brazil, clientelism is a well-studied phenomenon. While studi...
The available literature explains that brokers can count on the support of the poor in the secret ba...
Do parties target individuals or groups? Although this question is fundamental to understanding clie...
Do parties target individuals or groups? Although this question is fundamental to understanding clie...
In many countries, clientelist parties (or political machines) distribute selective benefits, especi...
Patrones, punteros y clientes componen la tipología básica de actores de la literatura sobre cliente...
It is commonly observed that clientelist parties (ones that trade individual material rewards for vo...
The central argument of this dissertation is relatively counterintuitive: increases in income do not...
Conditional cash transfer programs (CCTs) allow poor households and individuals access to income sup...
In this dissertation, I investigate some of the theoretical and empirical puzzles posed by the persi...
En este capítulo discutimos algunos de los temas más importantes relacionados con la literatura en c...
Why do some poor people engage in clientelism whereas others do not? Why does clientelism sometimes ...
La identidad de los “clientes” es un tema poco explorado cuantitativamente en la literatura; esto pe...
While clientelism is an important tool used by political parties for electoral victory, the identity...
Why do some poor people engage in clientelism whereas others do not? Why does clientelism sometimes ...
In scholarship on informal politics in Brazil, clientelism is a well-studied phenomenon. While studi...
The available literature explains that brokers can count on the support of the poor in the secret ba...