The Voter's Dilemma and Democratic Accountability: Explaining the Democracy-Development Paradox
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University | ISBN: 027103386X | edition 2008 | PDF | 288 pages | 3,54 mb
The theory is tested through an examination of four prominent cases. A comparison of postwar Brazil and pre-Chavez Venezuela shows that clientelism debilitated both countries’ postwar development programs, despite Venezuela’s historically strong institutions and abundant oil revenues.