Brokers, Voters, and Clientelism studies distributive politics: how parties and governments use material resources to win elections. The authors develop a theor

This volume provides a comparative study of the illicit electoral strategies used by candidates in contemporary elections in Romania and Hungary.

How do politicians win elected office in Indonesia? To find out, research teams fanned out across the country prior to Indonesia’s 2014 legislative election t

The Political Logic of Poverty Relief places electoral politics and institutional design at the core of poverty alleviation. The authors develop a theory with a

Some ethnic communities receive generous material rewards for their political support, whilst others only receive very modest payoffs.