Does Improving Electoral Access Facilitate Clientelism? A Reassessment of Theory and Evidence

• In Event: Clientelism, Programmatic Policies, and Local Politics

Brief Overview

Recent work in political science argues that the creation of new polling stations is to increase clientelism and corruption, through vote buying or turnout buying. In this paper, we reassess the theory and evidence behind these claims.

Authors

• Andy Harris, New York University Abu Dhabi

• Daniel de Kadt, University of California-Merced