Mobilizing Poor Voters: Machine Politics, Clientelism, and Social Networks in Argentina

by Mariela Szwarcberg

Book Overview

Democracy has provided opportunities for political representation and accountability, but it has also created incentives for creating and maintaining clientelistic networks. Why has clientelism consolidated with the introduction of democracy? Drawing on network analysis, Mobilizing Poor Voters answers this question by describing and explaining the emergence, maintenance, and disappearance of political, partisan, and social networks in Argentina. Combining...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107534623
• ISBN13: 9781107534629
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 185 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.9"