Patronage at Work: Public Jobs and Political Services in Argentina. By Virginia Oliveros. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021. 280p. $110.00 cloth
In: Perspectives on politics, Band 20, Heft 3, S. 1139-1140
ISSN: 1541-0986
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In: Perspectives on politics, Band 20, Heft 3, S. 1139-1140
ISSN: 1541-0986
In: Latin American politics and society, Band 62, Heft 3, S. 44-64
ISSN: 1548-2456
ABSTRACTThis article explores the tension between multicultural legal reforms and the liberal state-building project in present-day Mexico. Specifically, it traces the process by which the Mexican state challenged and eventually forced changes to customary restrictions on women in public life in some indigenous communities in the southern state of Oaxaca. The study argues that the act of formalizing autonomy for indigenous communities, in the context of Mexico's homogenizing neoliberal state, had the unanticipated effect of exposing exclusionary practices to state scrutiny, which eventually forced those communities to recognize women's political rights. Thus the effort to protect indigenous practices facilitated the territorial and juridical expansion of the Mexican state into formerly autonomous areas of the countryside.
In: Política y gobierno, Band 19, Heft 2, S. 380-384
ISSN: 1665-2037
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In: Comparative political studies: CPS, Band 44, Heft 10, S. 1439-1442
ISSN: 1552-3829
In: Perspectives on politics, Band 9, Heft 1, S. 203-204
ISSN: 1541-0986
In: Comparative political studies: CPS, Band 44, Heft 10, S. 1439-1442
ISSN: 1552-3829
In: Comparative political studies: CPS, Band 44, Heft 10, S. 1439-
ISSN: 0010-4140
In: Perspectives on politics: a political science public sphere, Band 9, Heft 1, S. 203-204
ISSN: 1537-5927
In: Latin American politics and society, Band 51, Heft 3, S. 161-164
ISSN: 1548-2456
In: Latin American politics and society, Band 51, Heft 3, S. 161-164
ISSN: 1531-426X
In: Political psychology: journal of the International Society of Political Psychology, Band 29, Heft 2, S. 303-307
ISSN: 1467-9221
In: American journal of political science, Band 51, Heft 2, S. 283-299
ISSN: 1540-5907
In this article I test two competing visions about how democracy produces responsive government. Electoral theories of democracy posit that elected governments are responsive to public demands because citizens are able to sanction bad politicians and select good ones. Participatory theories attribute responsiveness to a citizenry's ability to articulate demands and pressure government through a wider range of political action. I test hypotheses derived from these two approaches, using an original dataset that combines electoral, socioeconomic, and public‐financial indicators for Mexico's 2,400 municipalities, from 1989 to 2000. The data show that electoral competition has no effect on municipal government performance. But the results are consistent with the hypothesis that nonelectoral participation causes improved performance. Thus, I suggest that the quality of municipal government in Mexico depends on an engaged citizenry and cooperation between political leaders and their constituents, rather than the threat of electoral punishment. I recommend that scholars broaden the study of government responsiveness to account for participatory strategies of political influence and critically assess the claims of those who would promote elections as a cure‐all for poor democratic performance.
In: American journal of political science: AJPS, Band 51, Heft 2, S. 283-299
ISSN: 0092-5853
In: Política y gobierno, Band 14, Heft 2, S. 577-579
ISSN: 1665-2037
In: Journal of democracy, Band 17, Heft 4, S. 35-49
ISSN: 1086-3214
Abstract: The resurgence of leftist parties in recent Latin American elections is best understood as a regional wave, in which extreme socioeconomic inequality has generated broad support for leftist candidates in many countries, while international factors including the diffusion of democratic norms and increased economic integration have encouraged moderation among both leftist governments and their traditional antagonists. This leftward shift in electoral politics will most likely be an enduring feature of Latin America's democratic future.