Elections For Sale: The Causes and Consequences of Vote Buying

Published by Lynne Rienner Publishers 2007

Elections For Sale

The Causes and Consequences of Vote Buying

Edited by: Frederic Charles Schaffer

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781626372085

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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.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Tables and Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
1 Why Study Vote Buying? Frederic Charles Schaffer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 What Is Vote Buying? Frederic Charles Schaffer and Andreas Schedler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
Part 1 When and How Do Politicians Buy Votes?
3 When Does a Market for Votes Emerge? Fabrice Lehoucq Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
4 How Do Rules and Institutions Encourage Vote Buying? Allen D. Hicken Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
5 The Logistics: How to Buy Votes Chin-Shou Wang and Charles Kurzman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
Part 2 How Does Vote Buying Shape Politics and the Economy?
6 Is Vote Buying Undemocratic? Susan C. Stokes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
7 How Does Vote Buying Shape the Legislative Arena? Scott W. Desposato Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
8 How Does Vote Buying Shape the Economy? Jean-Marie Baland and James A. Robinson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
Part 3 Is Reform Possible?
9 How Effective Are Institutional Reforms? Allen D. Hicken Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
10 How Effective Is Voter Education? Frederic Charles Schaffer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
Part 4 Conclusion
11 Lessons Learned Frederic Charles Schaffer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
The Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
About the Book Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227

Language: English
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Audience: College/higher education;
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- Main content: 227

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Published: January 1, 2007
ISBN: 9781626372085