Why are the poor susceptible to clientelism, and what factors shield them from the influence of vote buying? We explore …

unravelling of the Kerala model of pandemic management. We analyse the role and impact of clientelism and political hegemony of …

communities' experiences with clientelism affect expectations of service provision. Development practitioners need to understand … how social context affects not only the likelihood of vote-buying but also the distributive effects of clientelism. …

Does clientelism perpetuate the weak state capacity that characterizes many young democracies? Prior work explains that … argues that clientelism creates a bureaucratic trap. Governments that rely on clientelism invest in labour-intensive, low … clientelism-induced negative equilibria, this article offers a more direct path from clientelism to state capacity. The results …

salary. To formulate how limited-term private ownership of bengkok land promotes clientelism, we model a timely delegation of …

suggest that while civil service reforms might weaken the bureaucratic clientelism, the pre-existing patronclient relations …