Abstract
This paper explores the theoretical perspectives and dynamics of voter-politician
relationships, the determinants of voting behaviours and the parameters of electoral
mechanisms in local governance with specific reference to the post-colonial societies in
developing countries. The discussion begins with the distinguishing clientelism from
other phenomena like corruption and pork barrel politics with specific reference to local
governance. The impact of patronage employment and socio-economic fragmentation on
the outcomes of pork barrel politics is evaluated in order to assess the dynamics of voting
patterns. In addition, the paper also includes a discourse based on arguments that run
counter to the public choice explanation of clientelistic exchanges. The identification of
these antithetical stances to public choice theory will reveal why various forms of
clientelism in certain societies make the overnight paradigm shift to a new form of
political organisation, extremely complex.
Aamer Taj, Fahad Abdullah, Shahwali Khan. (2017) Political Clientelism—Beyond the Public Choice Explanation, The Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences, Volume-25, Issue-1.
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