The Puzzle of Clientelism : Political Discretion and Elections Around the World

This Element presents newly-collected cross-national data on reelection rates of lower house national legislators from almost 100 democracies around the world. It suggests that clientelism evolves with economic development, assuming new forms in highly developed democracies but never entirely disappearing.

• | : Miriam A. Golden (European University Institute, Florence), Eugenia Nazrullaeva (London School of Economics and Political Science)
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Feb 23, 2023
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 75 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 1009323210
• | ISBN-13: 9781009323215