Hopkin, Jonathan 
ORCID: 0000-0002-3187-4013
(2001)
A ‘Southern model’ of electoral mobilisation?: clientelism and electoral politics in post-Franco Spain.
West European Politics, 24 (1).
pp. 115-136.
ISSN 0140-2382
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Abstract
It is often argued that clientelism is a key feature of electoral mobilisation in Southern European democracies. This article examines the evidence for clientelism in the Spanish case, assessing the recruitment, redistributive strategies and electoral performance of governing parties in the 1977-96 period. It finds little evidence of extensive clientelistic mobilisation, finding instead that parties’ use of state resources is largely consistent with their programmatic and ideological positions. ‘Old’ clientelism from the pre-democratic era mostly did not survive the change of regime, whilst ‘new’ clientelism based on the expansion of state employment contributed to the Socialist Party’s organisational consolidation, but was not a significant feature of its strategy of electoral mobilisation.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/01402382.as... |
| Additional Information: | © 2001 Taylor & Francis |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JC Political theory J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Feb 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 22:25 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/647 |
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