Elections For Sale : : The Causes and Consequences of Vote Buying / / ed. by Frederic Charles Schaffer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Baland, Jean-Marie,; Desposato, Scott W.,; Hicken, Allen D.,; Kurzman, Charles,; Lehoucq, Fabrice,; Robinson, James A.,; Schaffer, Frederic Charles,; Schedler, Andreas,; Stokes, Susan C.,; Wang, Chin-Shou,
• HerausgeberIn: Schaffer, Frederic Charles,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (227 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Tables and Figures --; Acknowledgments --; 1 Why Study Vote Buying? --; 2 What Is Vote Buying? --; Part 1 When and How Do Politicians Buy Votes? --; 3 When Does a Market for Votes Emerge? --; 4 How Do Rules and Institutions Encourage Vote Buying? --; 5 The Logistics: How to Buy Votes --; Part 2 How Does Vote Buying Shape Politics and the Economy? --; 6 Is Vote Buying Undemocratic? --; 7 How Does Vote Buying Shape the Legislative Arena? --; 8 How Does Vote Buying Shape the Economy? --; Part 3 Is Reform Possible? --; 9 How Effective Are Institutional Reforms? --; 10 How Effective Is Voter Education? --; Part 4 Conclusion --; 11 Lessons Learned --; Bibliography --; The Contributors --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781626372085; 9783110784251
• DOI: 10.1515/9781626372085
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Frederic Charles Schaffer.

Often regarded as a phenomenon of earlier times and backward places, vote buying has made an impressive comeback in recent decades--primarily as a by-product of democratization. Elections for Sale offers the first comprehensive analysis of this widespread but ill-understood practice. The authors systematically explore a series of key questions: What exactly is vote buying? What are its underlying causes? Why does it occur in some places, but not in others? How does it affect political and economic development? Can it be educated or legislated away? Their work presents new theoretical insights, as well as fresh empirical evidence from Asia and Latin America.