Bibliograph

Patronage at work, public jobs and political services in Argentina, Virginia Oliveros

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Patronage at work, public jobs and political services in Argentina, Virginia Oliveros

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Patronage at work

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1264723362

Responsibility statement

Virginia Oliveros

Series statement

Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

public jobs and political services in Argentina

Summary

In countries around the world, politicians distribute patronage jobs to supporters in exchange for a wide range of political services - such as helping with campaigns and electoral mobilization. Patronage employees (clients) engage in these political activities that support politicians (patrons) because their fates are tied to the political fate of their patrons. Although conventional wisdom holds that control of patronage significantly increases an incumbent's chance of staying in power, we actually know very little about how patronage works. Drawing on in-depth interviews, survey data, and survey experiments in Argentina, Virginia Oliveros details the specific mechanisms that explain the effect of patronage on political competition. This fascinating study is the first to provide a systematic analysis of the political activities of mid and low-level public employees in Latin America. It provides a novel explanation of the enforcement of patronage contracts that has wider implications for understanding the functioning of clientelist exchanges.--, Provided by publisher

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