Non-programmatic policies are usually analysed from the perspective of parties that rely on
vote-buying, patronage, or pork-barrel, to distribute benefits and enhance their electoral …

How do citizens hold local politicians accountable? I argue that citizens, especially through
neighborhood associations, can use bloc voting as a bottom-up, grassroots strategy to …

Pesquisas tem apontado para a transferência de votos de políticos locais para aqueles
concorrendo a cargos estaduais e nacionais. Alguns estudos supõem que o clientelismo …

What explains that programmatic parties may combine their policy offers with clientelistic
dispensation? Prevailing knowledge suggests that parties top-down diversify linkages …

A tese trata da mobilização política de base territorial realizada por parlamentares ou,
simplesmente, da conexão territorial. O fenômeno é analisado pelo ângulo da …

Por que e como produzir trabalhos qualitativos mais transparentes? Um sólido conjunto de
trabalhos sobre pesquisa empírica sugere que pesquisadoras disponibilizem informações …

If policies make politics, can they also make politicians? We argue that being a bureaucrat
with discretion over policy benefits can catalyze political ambitions and boost electoral …

What happens when a traditional source of political capital becomes a health hazard?
Stigmatized electoral practices, such as vote buying, are a double-edged sword: While these …

What explains that programmatic parties sometimes combine their policy offers with
clientelistic dispensation, relying on a hybrid linkage strategy? Prevailing knowledge …

This course aims to introduce graduate students to the range of qualitative research
methods popular in the discipline, as well as the epistemological and research traditions …