Distributive Politics in Developing Federal Democracies: Compensating Governors for Their Territorial Support
| Autor: | Ignacio Mamone, Lucas González |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Ciencia Política
021110 strategic defence & security studies Public infrastructure Sociology and Political Science 05 social sciences Geography Planning and Development 0211 other engineering and technologies Legislature 02 engineering and technology Distributive politics Public administration Investment (macroeconomics) Unitary state Distributive Politics Argentina Brazil Colombia 0506 political science Power (social and political) CIENCIAS SOCIALES Politics Political Science and International Relations 050602 political science & public administration Economics Governors Relevance (law) Public Infrastructure |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1548-2456.2015.00279.x/abstract |
| Popis: | Using original data from the period 1999–2011 on federal infrastructure investment for all subnational units in two federations, Argentina and Brazil, and a unitary nation, Colombia, this study shows that in developing federal countries with strong governors, presidents use nonearmarked transfers as a tool to compensate governors for sizable and secure territorial political support. The study argues that in these cases, resources do not make electoral power but chase it. In the unitary case, conversely, governors do not influence distributive politics. Variation also was found in the relevance of Congress, legislative overrepresentation, and programmatic criteria across cases. The article discusses possible reasons for these results and their implications for the comparative debate on distributive politics. Fil: Gonzalez, Lucas Isaac. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Escuela de Política y Gobierno; Argentina. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina "Santa María de los Buenos Aires". Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Políticas y de la Comunicación. Instituto de Ciencias Políticas; Argentina Fil: Mamone, Miguel Ignacio. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina "Santa María de los Buenos Aires". Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Políticas y de la Comunicación. Instituto de Ciencias Políticas; Argentina. University of Pittsburgh; Estados Unidos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina |
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