Party ideology and clientelistic linkage |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Politics, Philosophy, Languages, and Communication Studies, University of East Anglia, UK;2. Department of Political Science, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan;1. Department of Economics, University of York, UK;2. Department of Economics, University of St.Gallen, CEPR, London, CESifo, Munich, Germany;3. Department of Economics, Monash University, Australia;4. New Economic School, Moscow, Russia;5. LICOS, KU Leuven, Belgium;6. Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin, Italy;1. Ministry of Finance, Albania;2. Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), Hungary;3. Faculty of Economics and Agribusiness, Agriculture University of Tirana, Albania;4. CERGE-EI, Prague, Czech Republic;5. Bavarian Virtual University (Virtuelle Hochschule Bayern—vhb), Germany;6. Southeast Europe Centre for Economic Development (SECED), Tirana, Albania;1. University of Maryland, United States;2. Indiana University, United States;1. Department of Political Science, University of Dayton, Address: 300 College Park, Dayton, OH, 45469, USA;2. Institute of Public Affairs Management, National Sun Yat-sen University, Address: No.70 Lien-hai Rd., Kaohsiung, 80424, Taiwan;3. College of Health and Public Service (CHPS), Utah Valley University, Address: 800 W University Pkwy, Orem, UT, 84058, USA |
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| Abstract: | How does parties' ideology affect their linkage strategies? While scholars maintain that economically right wing parties are more clientelistic, there has been no systematic study testing this argument. We examine the conservative ideology-clientelism nexus with multi-level quantitative analyses of parties' clientelistic appeals. Our analysis reveals a robust, yet nuanced relationship between ideology and clientelism. Specifically, right wing parties are more clientelistic than left wing parties, but only with regard to providing broad economic rents to clients. In contrast, economically conservative parties are not more likely to engage in individual targeted clientelism. Moreover, parties' ties with economic interests mediate the relationship between ideology and clientelism. Finally, the association between parties' linkage to business interests and rents clientelism is attenuated by country-level economic liberalism. |
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