Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (182 pages)
ISBN:
9781108686723
Inhalt:
In the United States and Britain, capitalists organized in opposition to clientelism and demanded programmatic parties and institutional reforms
Inhalt:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Capitalism, Clientelism, and Party Organization -- Clientelism in the Nineteenth-Century United States and Britain -- Capitalist Interests and Political Development -- Business Demands against Clientelism: The Argument in Brief -- Contributions -- Organization of the Book -- 1 Clientelism as a Failure of Governance: A Theory of Business, Parties, and Programmatic Demands -- Clientelism: Concepts and Theories -- Modernization Approaches to the Study of Clientelism -- Institutional Approaches to the Study of Clientelism -- Clientelism and the State: Toward a Unified Approach -- Clientelism in Multiple Arenas of Politics -- Clientelism and State Institutions -- Understanding Programmatic Politics -- Conditions for Programmatic Politics -- The Economic Costs of Clientelism -- Capitalist Demands for Programmatic Reforms -- Capitalist Support for Social Policy -- Capitalist Mobilization against Clientelism -- Business Organization -- Managerial Capitalism -- Party Institutionalization -- Empirical Strategy -- 2 Clientelism as a Governing Strategy in the United States -- Vote Buying and Clientelism in National Elections -- Contested Elections to the U.S. Congress -- Clientelism in Policy: Patronage and the Pork Barrel -- Distributive Politics and Pork-Barrel Legislation -- Patronage Politics and the Federal Bureaucracy -- Clientelism and the ''Weak'' American State -- Conclusion -- 3 Business Organization and the Push for Programmatic Parties -- Party-Business Linkages before 1870 -- The Establishment of National Business Organizations -- The National Board of Trade: 1868-1890 -- Civil Service Reform -- Federal Oversight and Regulation of Industry
Inhalt:
Business Organization and the Legacy of the National Board of Trade -- Business Linkages to Parties -- Congressional Testimony -- Campaign Finance -- Businesses, Pluralism, and Programmatic Parties -- The Business Template for Pluralist Politics -- Programmatic Party Organization -- 4 Clientelism and Governance in Britain, 1850-1880 -- Clientelism and Vote Buying in British Elections -- Clientelism and Distributive Policy in Britain -- Patronage in Britain -- The Emergence of Programmatic Parties, 1870-1900 -- 5 Administrative Reform and Programmatic Parties in Britain -- Ties between Parliament and Business before 1870 -- Trade Associations and Political Engagement -- The Association of British Chambers of Commerce -- Parties, Administrative Policy, and Programmatic Representation after 1880 -- Programmatic Parties: The Adoption of Policies and Programs -- Conclusion: Capitalist Interests, Programmatic Parties, and Elusive Reforms -- Clientelism as a Governing Strategy -- Capitalism and Clientelism -- Business Interests and Democratic Reforms -- Future Research -- References -- Index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781108426084
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version Kuo, Didi Clientelism, Capitalism, and Democracy : The Rise of Programmatic Politics in the United States and Britain New York : Cambridge University Press,c2018 ISBN 9781108426084
Sprache:
Englisch
