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Estudios Económicos (México, D.F.)
On-line version ISSN 0186-7202Print version ISSN 0188-6916
Abstract
CENDALES, Andrés and MORA, Jhon James. Precarious democracies, political negotiation and selective predation. Estud. Econ. (México, D.F.) [online]. 2015, vol.30, n.2, pp.305-339. ISSN 0186-7202.
This paper demonstrates that a precarious democracy is harmful to the poor rather than benefiting them as long as the governing party, being a highly informal organization, includes a cartel of political patrons and business people. The mayor is unable to govern freely due to controls or vetoes exercised by those collective actors to which he/she belongs. Not having been elected democratically, the objective of these groups is to co-opt the state at the subnational level by violating civil rights and liberties on election days and committing crimes against the public administration during the term of government.
Keywords : clientelism; poverty; political negotiation; precarious democracies.