Mobilizing Poor Voters Machine Politics, Clientelism, and Social Networks in Argentina |
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| Author:
| Szwarcberg, Mariela |
| Series title: | Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-316-28691-3 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2015 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $225.00 |
Book Description:
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Mobilizing Poor Voters describes and explains the emergence, maintenance, and disappearance of political, partisan, and social networks. Using data gathered through field research in Argentina, this book explains why candidates use clientelistic strategies to mobilize poor voters. Scholars studying clientelism, political parties, poverty, and democratic consolidation will find this book useful.
Mobilizing Poor Voters describes and explains the emergence, maintenance, and disappearance of political, partisan, and social networks. Using data gathered through field research in Argentina, this book explains why candidates use clientelistic strategies to mobilize poor voters. Scholars studying clientelism, political parties, poverty, and democratic consolidation will find this book useful.