A declining playing field for the patrons?
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2020-06-28
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Some Latin-American countries are perfect examples of countries that transitioned to democracy and
encountered clientelism. Research indicates that clientelism consists of actions taken by both
patrons and clients on the basis of personal, economic and societal conditions. An often-heard
counter to clientelism is social capital which, in contrast to clientelism, builds horizontal relations
among people. This study aims to determine how social capital can serve as a predictor for the
absence of clientelism. Building on existing work in the field of clientelism, it asks: To what extent has
social capital been a predictor for the absence of clientelism in Latin-American countries? In this
research social capital has been defined through civil society participation and clientelism has been
defined through vote buying, the difference between allocating particular or public goods by patrons
and the linkages that parties have to the people. The methods that are used are a linear mixed model
to address the time-series cross sectional nature of the data. The data that is used is longitudinal
data of 18 different countries measured over time on several variables. Analysis of several models
indicates that social capital does have an impact on the absence of clientelism. However, the results
for the three dependent variables differ from each other in their predictability.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen