Elections For Sale : : The Causes and Consequences of Vote Buying /

Elections For Sale : : The Causes and Consequences of Vote Buying / / 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 sys...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (227 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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