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100			_aStokes, Susan C. _9855419
245			_aBrokers, Voters, and clientelism: The puzzle of distributive politics
260			_aNew York _bCambridge University Press _c2013
300			_axx, 316 p. _bIncludes bibliographical reference and index
520			_aBrokers, Voters, and Clientelism addresses major questions in distributive politics. Why is it acceptable for parties to try to win elections by promising to make certain groups of people better off, but unacceptable - and illegal - to pay people for their votes? Why do parties often lavish benefits on loyal voters, whose support they can count on anyway, rather than on responsive swing voters? Why is vote buying and machine politics common in today's developing democracies but a thing of the past in most of today's advanced democracies? This book develops a theory of broker-mediated distribution to answer these questions, testing the theory with research from four developing democracies, and reviews a rich secondary literature on countries in all world regions.
700			_aDunning, Thad _eco-author _9855420
700			_aNazareno, Marcelo _eco-author _9855421
700			_aBrusco, Valeria _eco-author _9855422
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