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The political consequences of Africa's mobile revolution

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract What are the political consequences of rising domestic connectivity? I study this question in Sub‐Saharan Africa, asking how mobile technology shapes public opinion in geographically isolated communities. For remote rural populations, mobile devices increase contact with physically distant social networks, through regular phone calls with ...
Alex Yeandle
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Les obstacles à l'émergence de la citoyenneté dans l'Égypte post-révolutionnaire

Recherches Sociologiques et Anthropologiques, 2015
This article focuses on obstacles to the emergence of a citizenship – in the sense of civic ideal – as a principle dominating Egyptian political life in the wake of the 2011 revolution.
Gaétan du Roy, Clément Steuer
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Inequality and welfare state clientelism in Bosnia and Herzegovina [PDF]

Ekonomski Anali, 2019
Inequality in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is rampant, manifested not only through one of the highest Gini coefficients in Europe but also in unequal access to social benefits and services. We find this to be an outcome of BiH’s entitygovernment
Obradović Nikolina, Filic Goran Patrick
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Climate crisis and policy inaction in Indonesia

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract We surveyed voters and politicians in advance of the 2024 Indonesian election to measure preferences for environmental policy. We find that politicians underestimate voter concerns. We conducted an informational experiment with politicians to correct these misperceptions, and we document evidence of learning but no greater support for policy ...
Allan Hsiao, Nicholas Kuipers
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Defiant pride: Origins and consequences of ethnic voting

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Why do voters often remain loyal to ethnic parties despite receiving little in terms of material welfare? I develop a theory focused on the role of dignity concerns in explaining within‐group variation in ethnic party loyalty. Group members who face discrimination from state agencies dominated by outgroups respond with defiant pride, which ...
Mashail Malik
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O "velho" e o "novo" da violência rural na fronteira Brasil-Uruguai

Sociedade e Estado, 2004
O estudo busca examinar aspectos da violência rural, analisando elementos conceituais e históricos do clientelismo e do caudilhismo, significativos nas práticas sociais e políticas das sociedades uruguaia e brasileira no século XIX e início do século XX.
José Luiz Bica de Mélo
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Neopatrimonialism revisited : beyond a catch-all concept [PDF]

, 2006
The article provides a critical discussion of the literature on “patrimonialism” and "neopatrimonialism” as far as the use in Development Studies in general or African Studies in particular is concerned.
Engel, Ulf, Erdmann, Gero
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The public agglomeration effect: Urban–rural divisions in government efficiency and political preferences

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Why and when do cities vote for the left? The emergence of the urban–rural divide in the United States in the 1930s is inconsistent with canonical theories of cleavages. This paper introduces an explanation: agglomeration effects. The provision of government services is more efficient in urban environments because of nonrivalries, economies of
Theo Serlin
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Social Theory and the Sociology of Clientelism: Groundwork for a Gramscian Alternative

Sociologica
The category “clientelism” captures a very wide variety of political phenomena, wider perhaps than other peer concepts. It also harbors the potential to serve as an alternative to both liberal institutionalism and power elite theory. But recent trends in
Simeon J. Newman
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Implantation locale et relations clientélaires. Le cas du Parti des travailleurs à Brasilia

Cahiers des Amériques Latines, 2012
This article suggests to revisit a clientelist problematics in Brazil by an empirical study of militants of the Worker’s Party (PT) in the region of Brasilia, the Federal District.
Daniella Rocha
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