Rachel Sigman
Biographic Data
| ID | 4375069 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachel Sigman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachel |
| FAMILY NAME | Sigman |
| SIGNATURE | SIGMAN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Naval Postgraduate School |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7518-4583 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 204 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
V-Dem Codebook v14
Varieties of connections, varieties of corruption
Why do some bureaucrats engage in corruption for personal gain, yet others for political gain? We show that these forms of corruption frequently do not coincide and offer an explanation: bureaucrats hired based on political and personal connections have different identities and incentives which compel them to engage in corruption for political and personal gain respectively. List experiments with a unique sample of 6400 bureaucrats in five countr…
Do Bureaucrats Contribute to the Resource Curse? Evidence from a Survey Experiment in New Oil States
The resource curse literature argues that oil production reshapes the fiscal contract between citizens and the state: politicians become less responsive to citizen taxpayers and more likely to use public revenues for their own benefit. This paper examines whether and how bureaucrats influence this breakdown of the fiscal contract. Analysing results of a survey experiment conducted with government employees in Ghana and Uganda, we find that, when …
Which Jobs for Which Boys? Party Finance and the Politics of State Job Distribution in Africa
Much of the literature on clientelism views the distribution of state jobs in the same way it does other forms of clientelistic exchange: as a mechanism of political mobilization. Despite its prevalence, this perspective does not account for the services that job recipients frequently provide to their political principals beyond the one-time exchange of political support. Drawing on extensive data from Benin and Ghana, including a comprehensive d…
V-Dem Codebook v11
V-Dem Dataset v11.1
Understanding the Mechanisms of International Influence in an Era of Great Power Competition
Amid growing speculation that the United States and China are destined for a more conflictual relationship, and that Russia is actively seeking to expand its global power, security scholars and professionals are increasingly interested in understanding the influence of great and rising powers throughout the world. However, in focusing primarily on power resources and international activities, existing scholarship on this subject has not adequatel…
Leviathan’s Latent Dimensions
State capacity is a core concept in political science research, and it is widely recognized that state institutions exert considerable influence on outcomes such as economic development, civil conflict, democratic consolidation, and international security. Yet researchers across these fields of inquiry face common problems involved in conceptualizing and measuring state capacity. In this article, we examine these conceptual issues, identify three…
V-Dem Codebook V10
Information, accountability and perceptions of public sector programme success
V-Dem Codebook V9
Oiling the bureaucracy? political spending, bureaucrats and the resource curse
Democracy for All
Although equality figures prominently in many foundational theories of democracy, liberal and electoral conceptions of democracy have dominated empirical political science research on topics like political regimes, democratization and democratic survival. This paper develops the concept of egalitarian democracy as a regime that providesde factoprotection of rights and freedoms equally across the population, distributes resources in a way that ena…
State of the world 2017
This article presents evidence of a global trend of autocratization. The most visible feature of democracy – elections – remains strong and is even improving in some places. Autocratization mainly affects non-electoral aspects of democracy such as media freedom, freedom of expression, and the rule of law, yet these in turn threaten to undermine the meaningfulness of elections. While the majority of the world’s population lives under democratic ru…
Leviathan’s Latent Dimensions
State capacity is a core concept in political science research, and it is widely recognized that state institutions exert considerable influence on outcomes such as economic development, civil conflict, democratic consolidation, and international security. Yet researchers across these fields of inquiry face common problems involved in conceptualizing and measuring state capacity. In this article, we examine these conceptual issues, identify three…
State of the world 2017
This article presents evidence of a global trend of autocratization. The most visible feature of democracy – elections – remains strong and is even improving in some places. Autocratization mainly affects non-electoral aspects of democracy such as media freedom, freedom of expression, and the rule of law, yet these in turn threaten to undermine the meaningfulness of elections. While the majority of the world’s population lives under democratic ru…
Democracy for All
Although equality figures prominently in many foundational theories of democracy, liberal and electoral conceptions of democracy have dominated empirical political science research on topics like political regimes, democratization and democratic survival. This paper develops the concept of egalitarian democracy as a regime that providesde factoprotection of rights and freedoms equally across the population, distributes resources in a way that ena…
Which Jobs for Which Boys? Party Finance and the Politics of State Job Distribution in Africa
Much of the literature on clientelism views the distribution of state jobs in the same way it does other forms of clientelistic exchange: as a mechanism of political mobilization. Despite its prevalence, this perspective does not account for the services that job recipients frequently provide to their political principals beyond the one-time exchange of political support. Drawing on extensive data from Benin and Ghana, including a comprehensive d…
Varieties of connections, varieties of corruption
Why do some bureaucrats engage in corruption for personal gain, yet others for political gain? We show that these forms of corruption frequently do not coincide and offer an explanation: bureaucrats hired based on political and personal connections have different identities and incentives which compel them to engage in corruption for political and personal gain respectively. List experiments with a unique sample of 6400 bureaucrats in five countr…
Oiling the bureaucracy? political spending, bureaucrats and the resource curse
State of the world 2017
This article presents evidence of a global trend of autocratization. The most visible feature of democracy – elections – remains strong and is even improving in some places. Autocratization mainly affects non-electoral aspects of democracy such as media freedom, freedom of expression, and the rule of law, yet these in turn threaten to undermine the meaningfulness of elections. While the majority of the world’s population lives under democratic ru…
V-Dem Codebook V9
Oiling the bureaucracy? political spending, bureaucrats and the resource curse
Democracy for All
Although equality figures prominently in many foundational theories of democracy, liberal and electoral conceptions of democracy have dominated empirical political science research on topics like political regimes, democratization and democratic survival. This paper develops the concept of egalitarian democracy as a regime that providesde factoprotection of rights and freedoms equally across the population, distributes resources in a way that ena…
V-Dem Codebook V10
Information, accountability and perceptions of public sector programme success
V-Dem Codebook v11
V-Dem Dataset v11.1
Understanding the Mechanisms of International Influence in an Era of Great Power Competition
Amid growing speculation that the United States and China are destined for a more conflictual relationship, and that Russia is actively seeking to expand its global power, security scholars and professionals are increasingly interested in understanding the influence of great and rising powers throughout the world. However, in focusing primarily on power resources and international activities, existing scholarship on this subject has not adequatel…
Leviathan’s Latent Dimensions
State capacity is a core concept in political science research, and it is widely recognized that state institutions exert considerable influence on outcomes such as economic development, civil conflict, democratic consolidation, and international security. Yet researchers across these fields of inquiry face common problems involved in conceptualizing and measuring state capacity. In this article, we examine these conceptual issues, identify three…
Do Bureaucrats Contribute to the Resource Curse? Evidence from a Survey Experiment in New Oil States
The resource curse literature argues that oil production reshapes the fiscal contract between citizens and the state: politicians become less responsive to citizen taxpayers and more likely to use public revenues for their own benefit. This paper examines whether and how bureaucrats influence this breakdown of the fiscal contract. Analysing results of a survey experiment conducted with government employees in Ghana and Uganda, we find that, when …
Which Jobs for Which Boys? Party Finance and the Politics of State Job Distribution in Africa
Much of the literature on clientelism views the distribution of state jobs in the same way it does other forms of clientelistic exchange: as a mechanism of political mobilization. Despite its prevalence, this perspective does not account for the services that job recipients frequently provide to their political principals beyond the one-time exchange of political support. Drawing on extensive data from Benin and Ghana, including a comprehensive d…
Varieties of connections, varieties of corruption
Why do some bureaucrats engage in corruption for personal gain, yet others for political gain? We show that these forms of corruption frequently do not coincide and offer an explanation: bureaucrats hired based on political and personal connections have different identities and incentives which compel them to engage in corruption for political and personal gain respectively. List experiments with a unique sample of 6400 bureaucrats in five countr…
V-Dem Codebook v14
Political science (9 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · State (computer science (5 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Sociology (4 works)