Party ideology and clientelistic linkage

Tzelgov, Eitan and Wang, Yi-Ting (2016) Party ideology and clientelistic linkage. Electoral Studies, 44. 374–387. ISSN 0261-3794

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Abstract

How does parties' ideology affect their linkage strategies? While scholars maintain that economically right wing parties are more clientelistic, there has been no systematic study testing this argument. We examine the conservative ideology-clientelism nexus with multi-level quantitative analyses of parties' clientelistic appeals. Our analysis reveals a robust, yet nuanced relationship between ideology and clientelism. Specifically, right wing parties are more clientelistic than left wing parties, but only with regard to providing broad economic rents to clients. In contrast, economically conservative parties are not more likely to engage in individual targeted clientelism. Moreover, parties' ties with economic interests mediate the relationship between ideology and clientelism. Finally, the association between parties' linkage to business interests and rents clientelism is attenuated by country-level economic liberalism.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies (former - to 2024)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Political, Social and International Studies
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Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	05 Oct 2016 16:00
Last Modified:	01 Nov 2024 00:41
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/60760
DOI:	10.1016/j.electstud.2016.08.016

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