Power, Patronage, and the Local State in Ghana

Informationen zum Autor Barry Driscoll (he/him/his) is an associate professor at Grinnell College. His article "Big Man or Boogey Man? The Concept of the Big Man in Africanist Political Science" was published in the Journal of Modern African Studies and his research and teaching interests center on states in the political economy of development, especially local governance, taxation, political parties, clientelism, and state capacity. Klappentext This quantitative and qualitative account of Ghanaian development shows how closely fought elections drive subnational local state institutions to patronize party volunteers. Extrapolating from Ghana's example, the author shows how locally salient varieties of patronage shape political competition in a variety of contexts. Zusammenfassung This quantitative and qualitative account of Ghanaian development shows how closely fought elections drive subnational local state institutions to patronize party volunteers. Extrapolating from Ghana's example, the author shows how locally salient varieties of patronage shape political competition in a variety of contexts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The Local State in the Twenty-First Century 1 Why Some Districts Are Competitive: The Order of Local State Formation 2 Why Some Districts Fear Their Party Activists 3 Why (and How) Some Party Activists Get Patronage 4 Beyond Case Studies: Countrywide Analysis 5 Why Patronage and State Capacity Can Coexist 6 Some Comparative Perspective

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Barry Driscoll (he/him/his) is an associate professor at Grinnell College. His article Big Man or Boogey Man? The Concept of the Big Man in Africanist Political Science was published in the Journal of Modern African Studies and his research and teaching interests center on states in the political economy of development, especially local governance, taxation, political parties, clientelism, and state capacity.

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This quantitative and qualitative account of Ghanaian development shows how closely fought elections drive subnational local state institutions to patronize party volunteers. Extrapolating from Ghanäs example, the author shows how locally salient varieties of patronage shape political competition in a variety of contexts.

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Introduction: The Local State in the Twenty-First Century
1 Why Some Districts Are Competitive: The Order of Local State Formation
2 Why Some Districts Fear Their Party Activists
3 Why (and How) Some Party Activists Get Patronage
4 Beyond Case Studies: Countrywide Analysis
5 Why Patronage and State Capacity Can Coexist
6 Some Comparative Perspective