Distributive politics around the world

Annual Review of Political Science

Volumn 16, Issue , 2013, Pages 73-99

  Golden, Miriam ^a   Min, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Patronage; Political capture; Pork barrel; Redistribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877903572     PISSN: 10942939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-polisci-052209-121553     Document Type: Review

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