The Politics of Place and the Limits of Redistribution (Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics) - Hardcover

Ziegler Rogers, Melissa

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 041582432X ISBN 13: 9780415824323

Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

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 in which anti-redistributive actors can constrain reform efforts. These theoretical connections between the politics of place and redistributive outcomes are explored in theory, empirical analysis, and case studies of the USA, Germany, and Argentina.

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About the Author

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 041582432X
• ISBN 13: 9780415824323
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 214