Author: Alisha Holland
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107174074
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
The book explains why and when laws go unenforced in developing countries. It argues that the tolerance of street vending and squatting is a form of informal welfare provision and a more effective means to mobilize the poor than conventional state social policies.
Forbearance as Redistribution
Author: Alisha Holland
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107174074
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
The book explains why and when laws go unenforced in developing countries. It argues that the tolerance of street vending and squatting is a form of informal welfare provision and a more effective means to mobilize the poor than conventional state social policies.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107174074
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
The book explains why and when laws go unenforced in developing countries. It argues that the tolerance of street vending and squatting is a form of informal welfare provision and a more effective means to mobilize the poor than conventional state social policies.
The Political Logic of Poverty Relief
Author: Alberto Diaz-Cayeros
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107140285
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
The Political Logic of Poverty Relief places electoral politics and institutional design at the core of poverty alleviation. The authors develop a theory with applications to Mexico about how elections shape social programs aimed at aiding the poor. They also assess whether voters reward politicians for targeted poverty alleviation programs.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107140285
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
The Political Logic of Poverty Relief places electoral politics and institutional design at the core of poverty alleviation. The authors develop a theory with applications to Mexico about how elections shape social programs aimed at aiding the poor. They also assess whether voters reward politicians for targeted poverty alleviation programs.
Forbearance as Redistribution
Author: Alisha C. Holland
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316802698
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
Why do governments tolerate the violation of their own laws and regulations? Conventional wisdom is that governments cannot enforce their laws. Forbearance as Redistribution challenges the standard interpretation by showing that politicians choose not to enforce laws to distribute resources and win elections. Alisha Holland demonstrates that this forbearance towards activities such as squatting and street vending is a powerful strategy for attracting the electoral support of poor voters. In many developing countries, state social programs are small or poorly targeted and thus do not offer politicians an effective means to mobilize the poor. In contrast, forbearance constitutes an informal welfare policy around which Holland argues much of urban politics turns. While forbearance offers social support to those failed by their governments, it also perpetuates the same exclusionary welfare policies from which it grows.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316802698
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
Why do governments tolerate the violation of their own laws and regulations? Conventional wisdom is that governments cannot enforce their laws. Forbearance as Redistribution challenges the standard interpretation by showing that politicians choose not to enforce laws to distribute resources and win elections. Alisha Holland demonstrates that this forbearance towards activities such as squatting and street vending is a powerful strategy for attracting the electoral support of poor voters. In many developing countries, state social programs are small or poorly targeted and thus do not offer politicians an effective means to mobilize the poor. In contrast, forbearance constitutes an informal welfare policy around which Holland argues much of urban politics turns. While forbearance offers social support to those failed by their governments, it also perpetuates the same exclusionary welfare policies from which it grows.
Exclusion by Elections
Author: John D. Huber
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107182948
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
This book proposes a new theory of identity politics in elections, explaining why it is difficult for democracies to address rising inequality.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107182948
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
This book proposes a new theory of identity politics in elections, explaining why it is difficult for democracies to address rising inequality.
Making Autocracy Work
Author: Rory Truex
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107172438
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
This book uses original data from China's National People's Congress to challenge conceptions of representation, authoritarianism, and the political system.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107172438
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
This book uses original data from China's National People's Congress to challenge conceptions of representation, authoritarianism, and the political system.
Corruption and Reform in India
Author: Jennifer Bussell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107379547
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Why do some governments improve public services more effectively than others? Through the investigation of a new era of administrative reform, in which digital technologies may be used to facilitate citizens' access to the state, Jennifer Bussell's analysis provides unanticipated insights into this fundamental question. In contrast to factors such as economic development or electoral competition, this study highlights the importance of access to rents, which can dramatically shape the opportunities and threats of reform to political elites. Drawing on a sub-national analysis of twenty Indian states, a field experiment, statistical modeling, case studies, interviews of citizens, bureaucrats and politicians, and comparative data from South Africa and Brazil, Bussell shows that the extent to which politicians rely on income from petty and grand corruption is closely linked to variation in the timing, management and comprehensiveness of reforms.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107379547
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Why do some governments improve public services more effectively than others? Through the investigation of a new era of administrative reform, in which digital technologies may be used to facilitate citizens' access to the state, Jennifer Bussell's analysis provides unanticipated insights into this fundamental question. In contrast to factors such as economic development or electoral competition, this study highlights the importance of access to rents, which can dramatically shape the opportunities and threats of reform to political elites. Drawing on a sub-national analysis of twenty Indian states, a field experiment, statistical modeling, case studies, interviews of citizens, bureaucrats and politicians, and comparative data from South Africa and Brazil, Bussell shows that the extent to which politicians rely on income from petty and grand corruption is closely linked to variation in the timing, management and comprehensiveness of reforms.
How Solidarity Works for Welfare
Author: Prerna Singh
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316299457
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
Why are some places in the world characterized by better social service provision and welfare outcomes than others? In a world in which millions of people, particularly in developing countries, continue to lead lives plagued by illiteracy and ill-health, understanding the conditions that promote social welfare is of critical importance to political scientists and policy makers alike. Drawing on a multi-method study, from the late-nineteenth century to the present, of the stark variations in educational and health outcomes within a large, federal, multiethnic developing country - India - this book develops an argument for the power of collective identity as an impetus for state prioritization of social welfare. Such an argument not only marks an important break from the dominant negative perceptions of identity politics but also presents a novel theoretical framework to understand welfare provision.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316299457
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
Why are some places in the world characterized by better social service provision and welfare outcomes than others? In a world in which millions of people, particularly in developing countries, continue to lead lives plagued by illiteracy and ill-health, understanding the conditions that promote social welfare is of critical importance to political scientists and policy makers alike. Drawing on a multi-method study, from the late-nineteenth century to the present, of the stark variations in educational and health outcomes within a large, federal, multiethnic developing country - India - this book develops an argument for the power of collective identity as an impetus for state prioritization of social welfare. Such an argument not only marks an important break from the dominant negative perceptions of identity politics but also presents a novel theoretical framework to understand welfare provision.
Changing Course in Latin America
Author: Kenneth M. Roberts
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521856876
Category : POLITICAL SCIENCE
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
This book explores the impact of economic crises and free-market reforms on party systems and political representation in contemporary Latin America. It explains why some patterns of market reform align and stabilize party systems, whereas other patterns of reform leave party systems vulnerable to widespread social protest and electoral instability. In contrast to other works on the topic, this book accounts for both the institutionalization and the breakdown of party systems, and it explains why Latin America turned to the Left politically in the aftermath of the market-reform process. Ultimately, it explains why this "left turn" was more radical in some countries than others and why it had such varied effects on national party systems.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521856876
Category : POLITICAL SCIENCE
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
This book explores the impact of economic crises and free-market reforms on party systems and political representation in contemporary Latin America. It explains why some patterns of market reform align and stabilize party systems, whereas other patterns of reform leave party systems vulnerable to widespread social protest and electoral instability. In contrast to other works on the topic, this book accounts for both the institutionalization and the breakdown of party systems, and it explains why Latin America turned to the Left politically in the aftermath of the market-reform process. Ultimately, it explains why this "left turn" was more radical in some countries than others and why it had such varied effects on national party systems.
The Price of a Vote in the Middle East
Author: Daniel Corstange
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107106672
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Some ethnic communities receive generous material rewards for their political support, whilst others only receive very modest payoffs.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107106672
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Some ethnic communities receive generous material rewards for their political support, whilst others only receive very modest payoffs.
Parties, Movements, and Democracy in the Developing World
Author: Nancy Bermeo
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316861945
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
This volume analyzes regime politics in the developing world. By focusing on the civilian, collective actors that forge democracy and sustain it, this book moves beyond materialist arguments focusing on gross domestic product (GDP), poverty, and inequality. With case material from four continents, this volume emphasizes the decisive role played by parties and movements in forging democracy against the odds. These pivotal collectivities are consistently the key civilian collectivities that successfully mobilized for democracy, that helped forge enduring democratic institutions, and that shaped the quality of the democracies that emerged; they are the ones tasked with mobilizing along a range of social cleavages, confronting seemingly inhospitable conditions, and coordinating the process of regime change. While the presence of parties and movements alone is not sufficient to explain democracy, their absence is detrimental to enduring democratic regimes. Thus, this volume refocuses our attention on parties and movements as critical mechanisms of regime change.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316861945
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
This volume analyzes regime politics in the developing world. By focusing on the civilian, collective actors that forge democracy and sustain it, this book moves beyond materialist arguments focusing on gross domestic product (GDP), poverty, and inequality. With case material from four continents, this volume emphasizes the decisive role played by parties and movements in forging democracy against the odds. These pivotal collectivities are consistently the key civilian collectivities that successfully mobilized for democracy, that helped forge enduring democratic institutions, and that shaped the quality of the democracies that emerged; they are the ones tasked with mobilizing along a range of social cleavages, confronting seemingly inhospitable conditions, and coordinating the process of regime change. While the presence of parties and movements alone is not sufficient to explain democracy, their absence is detrimental to enduring democratic regimes. Thus, this volume refocuses our attention on parties and movements as critical mechanisms of regime change.