States and strategy in new federal democracies

Competitiveness and intra-party resource allocation in Mexico

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ID6316632
AutoresImke Harbers (0000-0003-1221-4236, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, autor correspondente)
Ano2014
Volume20
Fascículo6
Páginas823-835
Data de publicação2014-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoParty Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1354-0688 • E-ISSN: 1460-3683
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1354068812458611
OpenAlexW2139616552
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas46

A growing body of research demonstrates that parties are vital for the health of democracy. While party activities are therefore increasingly supported by direct public subsidies, we know relatively little about the ways in which parties spend this money. Using an original dataset of intra-party cash transfers, this article examines resource allocation in three major Mexican parties. The analysis demonstrates that parties’ spending patterns differ. Decentralization, which has increased the power and prestige of subnational office, prompts all parties to focus spending on states holding local elections. Parties with a regionalized support base, however, invest primarily in states where they are competitive. This tendency to favour party strongholds has important implications for party system development, particularly for party system nationalization, as well as for emerging work on subnational authoritarianism

Authoritarianism · Decentralization · Democracy · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Prestige · Subsidy · Work (physics · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Politics and Society in Latin America · Public Administration

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