Melissa Ziegler Rogers

The Politics of Place and the Limits of Redistribution

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Numerous scholars have noticed that certain political institutions, including federalism, majoritarian electoral systems, and presidentialism, are linked to lower levels of income redistribution. This book offers a political geography explanation for those observed patterns. Each of these institutions is strongly shaped by geography and provides incentives for politicians to target their appeals and government resources to localities. Territorialized institutions also shape citizens' preferences in ways that can undermine the national coalition in favor of redistribution. Moreover, territorial institutions increase the number of veto points i… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-135-93602-0
EAN: 9781135936020
Produktnummer: 19564316
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Seitenangabe: 214 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 4'657 KB
Abbildungen: 15 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 15 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen, 3 schwarz-weiße Tabellen

Über den Autor

Melissa Ziegler Rogers is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Claremont Graduate University. She specialises in comparative politics, Latin American politics, and comparative political institutions.