Beyond An Instrumental Exhange: The Effect of Clientelism on Expressive Partisanship in Mexico

• In Event: Latin American Politics

Brief Overview

This study analyzes the effects of clientelism on partisanship in Mexico. It finds that clientelism can promote expressive partisanship. By distributing electoral gifts, political parties can increase partisan attachments among recipients.

Authors

• Rodrigo Salvador Castro Cornejo, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

• Nicolas de la Cerda, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill