This book provides a theoretical and empirical examination of constituency service in developing countries. The predominant view of distributive politics in "patronage democracies" emphasizes the partisan targeting of pork and clientelism. In contrast, this book demonstrates that high-level legislators in India and other contexts often provide direct, non-partisan assistance to individual constituents.
This book provides a theoretical and empirical examination of constituency service in developing countries. The predominant view of distributive politics in "patronage democracies" emphasizes the partisan targeting of pork and clientelism. In contrast, this book demonstrates that high-level legislators in India and other contexts often provide direct, non-partisan assistance to individual constituents.
Jennifer Bussell is Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. She studies comparative politics with an emphasis on the political economy of development, democratic representation, and governance outcomes, principally in South Asia and Africa. She is also the author of Corruption and Reform In India: Public Services in the Digital Age.
Inhaltsangabe
* List of Tables * List of Figures * Preface * Acknowledgements * PART I - The Puzzle of Constituency Service * 1) Introduction: Representation, Distribution, and Constituency Service * 2) Political Responsiveness in a Patronage Democracy * 3) The Provision of Constituency Service * PART II - The Sources of Constituency Service * 4) Clients or Constituents? A Theory of Assistance in Patronage Democracies * 5) Access to Services in a Patronage Democracy: The Case of India * 6) Partisan Targeting and Local Distributive Politics * 7) Local Blocking and Appeals for Assistance * 8) Partisanship, the Personal Vote, and Constituency Service * 9) Which Politicians Respond? * 10) When is Responsiveness Partisan Bias? * Part III - The Significance of Constituency Service * 11) Constituency Service in Comparative Perspective * 12) Constrained Accountability in Patronage Democracies * Bibliography * Appendix
* List of Tables * List of Figures * Preface * Acknowledgements * PART I - The Puzzle of Constituency Service * 1) Introduction: Representation, Distribution, and Constituency Service * 2) Political Responsiveness in a Patronage Democracy * 3) The Provision of Constituency Service * PART II - The Sources of Constituency Service * 4) Clients or Constituents? A Theory of Assistance in Patronage Democracies * 5) Access to Services in a Patronage Democracy: The Case of India * 6) Partisan Targeting and Local Distributive Politics * 7) Local Blocking and Appeals for Assistance * 8) Partisanship, the Personal Vote, and Constituency Service * 9) Which Politicians Respond? * 10) When is Responsiveness Partisan Bias? * Part III - The Significance of Constituency Service * 11) Constituency Service in Comparative Perspective * 12) Constrained Accountability in Patronage Democracies * Bibliography * Appendix
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