A Typology of Clientelist Strategies: Threats, Promises, Voters, Brokers, and Prospect Theory

• In Event: The State, Clientelism and Populism in Latin America

Brief Overview

Threatening voters is a complement to making promises to buy their vote which could have a different psychological impact. I provide an umbrella definition of clientelism and categorize clientelist methods found in the literature around the world

Author

• Gilles Serra, Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas (CIDE)