2016/03/01 by Isabela Mares, Lauren Young · 2 citations
Social Sciences · #Politics and Society in Latin America #Electoral Systems and Political Participation #Political Conflict and Governance #Clientelism #Variation (astronomy) #Diversity (politics) #Politics #Political science #Political economy #Sociology #Democracy #Law
paper · doi:10.1146/annurev-polisci-060514-120923
openalex publication_date 2016/03/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/25
In elections around the world, large numbers of voters are influenced by promises or threats that are contingent on how they vote. Recently, the political science literature has made considerable progress in disaggregating clientelism along two dimensions: first, in recognizing the diversity of actors working as brokers, and second, in conceptualizing and disaggregating types of clientelism based on positive and negative inducements of different forms. In this review, we discuss recent findings explaining variation in the mix of clientelistic strategies across countries, regions, and individuals and identify a few areas for future progress, particularly in explaining variation in targeting of inducements by politicians on different types of voters.