Clientelism in Everyday Latin American Politics

2012. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-137-27598-1
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 258 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 431 g

This book improves understandings of how and why clientelism endures in Latin America and why state policy is often ineffective. Political scientists and sociologists, the contributors employ ethnography, targeted interviews, case studies, within-case and regional comparison, thick descriptions, and process tracing.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hilgers, T.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: INTRODUCTION Democratic Processes, Clientelistic Relationships, and the Material Goods Problem; T.Hilgers PART II: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES Favors, 'Merit Ribbons,' and Services: Analyzing the Fragile Resilience of Clientelism; L.Roniger What is Politics for? Inequality, Representation, and Needs Satisfaction Under Clientelism and Democracy; J.Shefner PART III: THE MULTIPLE DYNAMICS OF CLIENTELISM IN LATIN AMERICA Democratic Processes, Patronage Politics, and Contentious Collective Action in El Alto, Bolivia; P.Lapegna & J.Auyero Clientelism, Democracy, and Violence in Rio de Janeiro; R.Gay When Clients Become Collective Actors: Participatory Budgeting, Changing Mobilization Patterns and Varieties of Clientelism in Democratizing Recife, Brazil; F.Montambeault Clientelism and Subnational Politics in Latin America: Reflections on Oaxaca, Mexico and Bahia, Brazil; J.D.Herrmann Fragmented Clientelism in Montevideo: Training Ground for Community Engagement with Participatory Decentralization; E.Canel PART IV: PROPOSALS FOR FUTURE DIRECTIONS OF STUDY Clientelistic Democracy or Democratic Clientelism: A Matter of Context; T.Hilgers State Power and Clientelism: Eight Propositions for Discussion; J.Fox

Über Autor(innen)

JAVIER AUYERO Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Professor in Latin American Sociology at the University of Texas, Austin USA and the former editor of Qualitative Sociology
EDUARDO CANEL Associate Professor in the Division of Social Science and director of the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC) at York University, UK
JULIÁN DURAZO HERRMANN Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Université de Québec à Montréal, Canada where he also heads the Participatory Democracy and Public Space Revitalization axis of the Nycole Turmel Chair of Public Space and Public Innovation
JONATHAN FOX teaches in the Latin American and Latino Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
ROBERT GAY Professor of Sociology and director of the Toor-Cummings Center for International Studies and Liberal Arts (CISLA) at Connecticut College, USA
TINA HILGERS Assistant Professor of Political Science at Concordia University Montreal, Canada
PABLO LAPEGNA Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute at the University of Georgia, USA
FRANÇOISE MONTAMBEAULT assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Université de Montréal, Canada
LUIS RONIGER Reynolds Professor of Latin American Studies at Wake Forest University, USA
JON SHEFNER Professor and head of Sociology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA