Distributive Politics in Developing Federal Democracies: Compensating Governors for Their Territorial Support

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Gonzalez, Lucas Isaac; Mamone, Miguel Ignacio
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2015
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Using original data from the period 1999–2011 on federal infrastructure investment for all subnational units in two federations, Argentina and Brazil, and a unitary nation, Colombia, this study shows that in developing federal countries with strong governors, presidents use nonearmarked transfers as a tool to compensate governors for sizable and secure territorial political support. The study argues that in these cases, resources do not make electoral power but chase it. In the unitary case, conversely, governors do not influence distributive politics. Variation also was found in the relevance of Congress, legislative overrepresentation, and programmatic criteria across cases. The article discusses possible reasons for these results and their implications for the comparative debate on distributive politics.
Fil: Gonzalez, Lucas Isaac. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Escuela de Política y Gobierno; Argentina. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina "Santa María de los Buenos Aires". Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Políticas y de la Comunicación. Instituto de Ciencias Políticas; Argentina
Fil: Mamone, Miguel Ignacio. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina "Santa María de los Buenos Aires". Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Políticas y de la Comunicación. Instituto de Ciencias Políticas; Argentina. University of Pittsburgh; Estados Unidos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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Distributive Politics
Governors
Public Infrastructure
Argentina, Brazil, Colombia
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Distributive Politics in Developing Federal Democracies: Compensating Governors for Their Territorial Support
title Distributive Politics in Developing Federal Democracies: Compensating Governors for Their Territorial Support
spellingShingle Distributive Politics in Developing Federal Democracies: Compensating Governors for Their Territorial Support
Gonzalez, Lucas Isaac
Distributive Politics
Governors
Public Infrastructure
Argentina, Brazil, Colombia
title_short Distributive Politics in Developing Federal Democracies: Compensating Governors for Their Territorial Support
title_full Distributive Politics in Developing Federal Democracies: Compensating Governors for Their Territorial Support
title_fullStr Distributive Politics in Developing Federal Democracies: Compensating Governors for Their Territorial Support
title_full_unstemmed Distributive Politics in Developing Federal Democracies: Compensating Governors for Their Territorial Support
title_sort Distributive Politics in Developing Federal Democracies: Compensating Governors for Their Territorial Support
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gonzalez, Lucas Isaac
Mamone, Miguel Ignacio
author Gonzalez, Lucas Isaac
author_facet Gonzalez, Lucas Isaac
Mamone, Miguel Ignacio
author_role author
author2 Mamone, Miguel Ignacio
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Distributive Politics
Governors
Public Infrastructure
Argentina, Brazil, Colombia
topic Distributive Politics
Governors
Public Infrastructure
Argentina, Brazil, Colombia
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Using original data from the period 1999–2011 on federal infrastructure investment for all subnational units in two federations, Argentina and Brazil, and a unitary nation, Colombia, this study shows that in developing federal countries with strong governors, presidents use nonearmarked transfers as a tool to compensate governors for sizable and secure territorial political support. The study argues that in these cases, resources do not make electoral power but chase it. In the unitary case, conversely, governors do not influence distributive politics. Variation also was found in the relevance of Congress, legislative overrepresentation, and programmatic criteria across cases. The article discusses possible reasons for these results and their implications for the comparative debate on distributive politics.
Fil: Gonzalez, Lucas Isaac. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Escuela de Política y Gobierno; Argentina. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina "Santa María de los Buenos Aires". Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Políticas y de la Comunicación. Instituto de Ciencias Políticas; Argentina
Fil: Mamone, Miguel Ignacio. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina "Santa María de los Buenos Aires". Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Políticas y de la Comunicación. Instituto de Ciencias Políticas; Argentina. University of Pittsburgh; Estados Unidos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description Using original data from the period 1999–2011 on federal infrastructure investment for all subnational units in two federations, Argentina and Brazil, and a unitary nation, Colombia, this study shows that in developing federal countries with strong governors, presidents use nonearmarked transfers as a tool to compensate governors for sizable and secure territorial political support. The study argues that in these cases, resources do not make electoral power but chase it. In the unitary case, conversely, governors do not influence distributive politics. Variation also was found in the relevance of Congress, legislative overrepresentation, and programmatic criteria across cases. The article discusses possible reasons for these results and their implications for the comparative debate on distributive politics.
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