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Why Elections Prompt More Corruption, Clientelism, and Forbearance? A Study of Attitudes in Albania, Kosovo, and North Macedonia

Comparative Southeast European Studies
Corruption is often defined as the abuse of public functions for private gain, but research has expanded this view to include clientelism and forbearance, particularly in neo-patrimonial contexts.
Imami Drini, Polese Abel
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The Price of Poverty: Inequality and the Strategic Use of Clientelism in Divided Democracies

Economies
This article investigates the political cost of poverty in democracies marked by deep social divisions. We develop a probabilistic voting model that incorporates clientelism as a strategic tool employed by elite political parties to secure electoral ...
Andrés Cendales, Hugo Guerrero-Sierra, Jhon James Mora   +2 more
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The Political Economy of Inclusive Growth [PDF]

, 2012
An Application of Political Settlements to the case of ...
Khan, Mushtaq
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Religious politics and the limits of redistribution: The rise and fall of family allowances in Spain, 1926–58

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract After the Second World War, family allowances became a cornerstone of social spending in western Europe. Whilst religion is often highlighted as a driver of this policy, the role of political Catholicism remains contested, particularly in southern Europe.
Guillem Verd‐Llabrés
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Undermining Clientelism with Collective Confidence: Unbundling the Individual and Spillover Effects of Conditional Cash Transfers

Latin American Research Review
A growing body of evidence suggests that conditional cash transfers (CCTs) can shift voters’ electoral choices. Yet there remains a mismatch between reliance on aggregated municipal data and individual-level theories focused on retrospective rewards or ...
Jonathan Phillips
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Clientelismo, territorio y política subnacional en Argentina. Aportes a partir del caso de Santiago del Estero

Colombia Internacional, 2017
This article studies the phenomenon of clientelism as an informal institution and poses the question of its persistence in relation to subnational political regimes. A case study was done in the province of Santiago del Estero in Argentina, taking as its
Victoria Ortiz de Rozas
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Clientelism, income inequality, and social preferences: an evolutionary approach to poverty traps [PDF]

Political clientelism is a dyadic relation in which a politician (the patron) gives material goods and services to a citizen (the client), in exchange for political support.
Jorge Andrés Gallego Durán, Rafal Raciborski   +1 more
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State Integration and Violence at the Margins: The Logic of Police Raids in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas

The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates police raids in Rio de Janeiro's favelas through a property rights framework, exploring their organisational structure, motivations and implications. Using data from police reports, academic studies, NGOs and news sources, it examines why and how the state intervenes in these contested spaces.
Joseph Bouchard
wiley   +1 more source

La Parapolítica: la infiltración paramilitar en la clase política colombiana

Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos, 2007
This article analyses the informal practices that derive from the implication of actors armed in the development and organization of the political parties in Colombia.
Miriam Álvaro
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Inequality and Political Clientelism: Evidence from South India [PDF]

Political parties can be vehicles for economic and social development in poor countries. They can also serve as rent seeking instruments. Uncovering how parties function is therefore key to establishing the preconditions for good governance.
Thomas Markussen
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